Cemetery of Splendor

Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 4, 2016

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Ratings

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DavidV293Mar 6, 2016

It's one of those strange weird feeling type film. I don't really have much to say due to me focusing on what's going on and knowing that this movie goes places I don't understand.

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salsainglesaJul 22, 2016

Reading through all the reviews all I can think of is this is a case of The emperor's new clothes syndrome. Poorly portrayed pseudo magical realism. The imagery lacks craftsmanship in both lightning and composition, the storytelling is asReading through all the reviews all I can think of is this is a case of The emperor's new clothes syndrome. Poorly portrayed pseudo magical realism. The imagery lacks craftsmanship in both lightning and composition, the storytelling is as open to interpretation as can be, which in the end seems like a gimmick for people to decide what the movie is about. Better movies have been made of and about dreams by great masters, Kurosawa, Fellini and Tarkovsky from the top of mind.
Lackluster and overly pretentious.… Expand

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whatithink33Apr 27, 2017

This has to be a practical joke by the community of film critics. An 87!!! The glacial pace of this movie, the plot that can be summarized in 2 sentences, that we watch someone take a crap for a full minute (and that crap scene has noThis has to be a practical joke by the community of film critics. An 87!!! The glacial pace of this movie, the plot that can be summarized in 2 sentences, that we watch someone take a crap for a full minute (and that crap scene has no relation to the plot-I guess it sets the mood-yeah, that this movie is a piece of crap) and this movie gets an 87! How do you take a 10 minute idea and turn it into a 2 hour film, watch this film and you'll see. That this film gets an 87 reminds me of going to an art exposition and seeing a red circle painted inside a blue rectangle and the painting is covered with awards and the critics say it is the work of a genius (and even then you wouldn't spend 2 hours looking at it - you just shake your head and walk away). The critics speak of this film as being subtle, authentic, mesmerizing, time shifting. Then I guess waiting in line for 2 hours at the DMV is a wonderful experience too. I don't mind subtitles. I enjoy thoughtful films. I don't need a car crash in a film for it to work for me. But this film gives me nothing. I can't wait for the director's cut, maybe I'll get to see three different scenes of people taking a crap. No, probably not, this film gives the impression that nothing was left on the cutting room floor. After 45 minutes of watching this film I figured that with an 87 score the movie would get better, that there would be some payoff, wrong! The only payoff available from this movie will be if there is a class action lawsuit to compensate anyone that lost two hours of their life to watching this movie. I guess you could say that I just didn't get it. In my mind it is a zero, but I gave it a 1 because some of my disappointment is probably due to the fact that I had high expectations due to the 87 score.… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeJul 1, 2016

Cemetery of Splendor may pretty much rule 2016 according to critics, but that title for my opinion will have to go somewhere else. Don't miss this film at all!

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JLuis_001May 26, 2022

These movies troubled me. They always have, because they are obviously about something, but the question of what always ends up being the issue when you finish them.

Up until today I had only seen one film and two short features byThese movies troubled me. They always have, because they are obviously about something, but the question of what always ends up being the issue when you finish them.

Up until today I had only seen one film and two short features by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, so I already had an idea of his style.
Even so, nothing prepares you for a film like this, because this is more about absorbing what you see on screen, accepting its contradictions and in a certain way within its structure and plot mechanism to associate some kind of understanding of what it means.

Anything else may imply wanting to push the boundaries or to pretend it's something else, but maybe that's also the subjective and personal meaning of each viewer, and at the end of the day I think that's what it's all about.

You either love it or you hate it.… Expand

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