Film Socialisme
Kino Lorber Films | Release Date: June 1, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago ReaderBen SachsJun 9, 2011
For all its references to defeat, however, the movie still conveys a sense of rapture with the process of image-making, if not necessarily filmmaking. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnJun 2, 2011
Film Socialism is a weighty, intentionally cryptic product that's easy on the eyes and heavy on the mind. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJan 20, 2012
With its rich, layered storytelling, Film Socialisme is, in its broadest sense, about nothing less than the history, present and future of Western civilization, up to and including Internet videos of cats. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 11, 2011
Those receptive to Godard's sense of humor will find Film Socialisme an elusive yet expansive provocation. Those less receptive will find it elusive, period. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoJun 3, 2011
You would be hard-pressed to use the word "accessible" to describe Film Socialisme, and that's exactly the way the master wants it. Read full review
70
NPRMark JenkinsJun 3, 2011
Film Socialisme, his (Godard) latest intellectual assault, includes grating noise, scruffy camera-phone video and subtitles in fractured "Navajo English." Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. HobermanJun 1, 2011
Film Socialisme deflects interpretation but, so long as one subscribes to the William Carlos Williams injunction "No ideas but in things," it's filled with sensuous pleasures. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJun 2, 2011
In typical Godardian fashion the film manages to be both strident and elusive, argumentative and opaque. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichMay 31, 2011
As to the movie's three sections, the best comes first, as an eclectic "cast" of characters (among them philosopher Alain Badiou and musician Patti Smith) pontificate their way around a lavish Mediterranean cruise ship. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSep 1, 2011
A mostly incomprehensible, occasionally inspired slice of misanthrope from acclaimed French provocateur Jean-Luc Godard, is as crotchety as its legendary director. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineRichard MoweJun 6, 2011
Devotees and the curious may find it mildly diverting, otherwise this effort is not for the faint-headed. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJun 3, 2011
Designed as their own entity, the brief subtitles convey so little that to get the full experience you won't only need to understand Godard's language. You'll also have to speak French. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJun 9, 2011
This film is an affront. It is incoherent, maddening, deliberately opaque and heedless of the ways in which people watch movies. Read full review
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