By the Time It Gets Dark
Kimstim Films | Release Date: April 14, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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90
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonApr 13, 2017
It's a film, a rather gorgeous one, of glances and ephemera and delicate metaphors. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 14, 2017
Anocha Suwichakornpong earnestly and ambitiously attempts to redefine cinema’s conventional grasp of consciousness. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiApr 13, 2017
Expanding her premise into a reflection on an artist's challenge in portraying reality, the director's By the Time It Gets Dark is a magical, melancholic ode to the intellectual's struggle against the forces of history. Read full review
67
The Film StageEthan VestbyApr 13, 2017
If anything, this comes off as a bit of an imitation of Thai master Apichatpong Weerasethakul, yet without the presence of the supernatural that situates his films in something formally and culturally specific. Read full review
58
The PlaylistChris BarsantiMar 30, 2017
By the Time It Gets Dark jumps at first into an examination of Thailand’s repressed history of political violence and dictatorial control. But that initial pencil sketch of a thesis is soon shuffled away in favor of several other less-interesting story threads which add up to much less than the sum of their parts. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 13, 2017
By the Time It Gets Dark has clearly been thought through, but it’s so cryptic that it cries out for, if not perfect explanations, perhaps footnotes. It’s so conceptual that it offers little for those not in sync. Read full review
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