End of the Century
Cinema Guild | Release Date: August 16, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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IndieWireJude DryAug 16, 2019
Like a great poem, End of the Century gives voice to a seemingly indescribable feeling, one anyone who’s ever fallen in love will recognize from deep in their soul — as if bumping into an old friend you forgot how much you liked. Read full review
98
TheWrapCarlos AguilarAug 15, 2019
End of the Century is a sublimely haunting experience that will make you sigh in recognition of the what-ifs in your own life. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSep 19, 2019
It’s a stirring and delicately reflective piece of work. Read full review
83
The Film StageJason OoiAug 15, 2019
End of the Century is a love story drenched in a nostalgic magical realism that constantly shifts its own logic, as if recognizing the futility of containing its uncontainable romance. Read full review
80
Time OutHanna FlintMar 6, 2020
A beautifully crafted love story, End of the Century has two understated, thoughtful performances at its heart. It explores its existential themes – of the passing of time and of roads not taken – with delicacy and deftness. It’s a road worth travelling. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichAug 15, 2019
End of the Century is at its best whenever Castro keeps things thematically and temperamentally woozy. Read full review
80
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 15, 2019
The measured ordinariness of its first section has been a sly setup for a poetic film that handles narrative as a kind of scarf dance. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSep 25, 2019
It’s a lovely film that’s poetic, erotic and bittersweet. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezAug 15, 2019
Castro’s feature-length directorial debut is a profound and casually artful expression of the lengths to which people go in order to not have to embody their desires. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 26, 2020
It balances what is with what might have been and what could still be, and, although the result is maybe a bit less substantial than Castro intended, there is a certain literary elegance in the way he sketches it out. Read full review
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