Dry Ground Burning
Grasshopper Film | Release Date: April 21, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaApr 21, 2023
Pimenta and Queirós invent a world in which Brazilian women at the very bottom of the social totem pole take matters into their own hands. They do so without an ounce of fear or self-pity — and in killer style to boot. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineWes GreeneApr 18, 2023
The film surprises by revealing deeper layers to both its subjects and social commentary. Read full review
80
The GuardianPhuong LeSep 4, 2022
In a world marred by political hopelessness, Dry Ground Burning literally and figuratively sets the landscape on fire, and out of the ashes there is hope for a new order free from oppression. Read full review
75
Film ThreatSumner ForbesApr 25, 2023
It’s a challenge that may ultimately be gratifying for the right audience — just make sure you have a comfy chair. Read full review
70
Little White LiesMarina AshiotiSep 3, 2022
Long takes, discursive monologues, slow pans and stylistic shifts allow the directors to forge an inventive cinematic language out of political consciousness; one that eschews the narrative codes of Western cinema, as it blends fiction and documentary, immersion and observation, to provide a multilayered embodiment of marginalised womanhood in contemporary Brazil. Read full review
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