Butterfly Vision
MUBI | Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallMay 18, 2023
Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi’s debut feature is a sensitive, nuanced meditation on war and its effects on the psyche of individuals and nations. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJack KingMay 18, 2023
Central to the success of Butterfly Vision, however, is Burkovska: she embodies Lilia with silent rage, her poise broken in fleeting moments, the steely facade dropped for mere seconds at a time. Read full review
65
TheWrapNicholas BarberMay 18, 2023
If Nakonechnyi’s low-key film had come out a year ago, it would have been received as a respectable, serious work from a promising first-time director. In the context of mid-2022, it is heart-rending, yet not quite intense enough. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeMay 18, 2023
Though she might have turned the dial up, Burkovska conveys Lilya’s depression and anxiety, and finally her resilience, with a muted, powerful performance. This might be one to file away for the future, when the current conflict has ended. Read full review
60
VarietyJessica KiangMay 18, 2023
It would be unfortunate if this contextual thicket were to obscure the merits of Butterfly Vision, which, while certainly not reinventing the war-is-hell wheel, is interesting to analyse in formal terms, especially in its sometimes effective, sometimes glib use of modern tech. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanMay 18, 2023
The film might aim to deliver an aesthetic and emotional jolt, but it is the mundane, interpersonal moments that linger. Read full review
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