El Conde
Netflix | Release Date: September 8, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireJohn NugentSep 6, 2023
A visually arresting new entry in the Dracula canon; if only the satire was as biting as its unlikely vampire star. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 1, 2023
As fascism in South America, North America and Europe is rising from the grave, it needs a properly-aimed and delivered stake, rather than complacent sniggering Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangSep 1, 2023
As a gorgeously conceptual art-horror object, El Conde frequently mesmerizes; as a proper evisceration of its subject, it can’t help but feel curiously defanged. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 31, 2023
This is another powerful addition to Larraín’s movies about the ongoing agony of Chile, and the Chilean people’s struggle to confront the past, armed with the hammer and the sharpened stake. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 16, 2023
It’s an allegory that works but never quite scores a knock-out blow and a satiric thriller that manages a lot of still-angry name-calling but little sense that this will ever be enough. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneSep 15, 2023
Who needs a movie that is almost all predators, with barely a word from their prey? Read full review
50
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganAug 31, 2023
El Conde comes across as a well-funded toyshop for Larrian to play in, indulging flights of fantasy, paying homage, and exacting a retribution which could, should, have been a far more effective sandblast from a man who has spent much of his creative life holding this particular vampire to account. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineGregory NussenAug 31, 2023
The film never really leans into the farcical possibilities of its premise nor its earnest appraisal of Augusto Pinochet’s legacy. Read full review
40
Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerSep 15, 2023
The concept behind the film is an amusing, if obvious, one-note gag stretched out to nearly two hours, and not a gag that’s particularly novel or one that offers Larraín much to expand upon. As a would-be political satire and a vampire film, El Conde simply doesn’t have much (sorry, sorry, I know) bite. Read full review
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