Black Coal, Thin Ice
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70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
CineVueMartyn ConterioJun 4, 2015
Black Coal, Thin Ice is a majestic neo-noir. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyJun 4, 2015
If Diao’s intent on confounding us, he has the courtesy to do it with frequently astonishing style and verve. Read full review
80
VarietyScott FoundasFeb 20, 2014
A bleak but powerful, carefully controlled detective thriller in which — as with all the best noirs — there are no real heroes or villains, only various states of compromise. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungFeb 20, 2014
If the plotting was only more coherent and audience-friendly and the story-telling more disciplined, the film's extraordinarily complex atmosphere would be irresistible. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJessica KiangFeb 20, 2014
The odd rhythm of very fast and slick followed by very slow and arty is difficult to settle into, and the film ultimately frustrates, willfully obscuring the apparatus of what appears at first to be a promising film noir framework. Read full review
60
Time OutMay 23, 2019
Black Coal, Thin Ice may well floor some viewers, as it did the Berlin jury. But others will find it too obtuse and remote, its characters too withdrawn to be relatable. See it, though, for those fleeting, unforgettable visual touches. Read full review
60
The GuardianLuke BuckmasterMay 23, 2019
The final reel is visually interesting in ways nobody could anticipate; it is also smugly perplexing, as if the filmmaker took joy from the knowledge virtually nobody would understand it. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 23, 2019
It never quite catches fire, but it has a curious atmosphere of its own: menacing, pregnant with unease. Read full review
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