Horse Money
Cinema Guild, The | Release Date: July 24, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
VarietyScott FoundasNov 28, 2014
Working about as far as possible from the commercial mainstream of the movie business, Costa has again made a singular docu-fiction hybrid that defies classification as readily as it reimagines the possibilities of cinema for the post-spectacle, post-theatrical era. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnNov 28, 2014
A rich, almost impermeably strange example of Costa's slow-burn approach to abstract storytelling, Horse Money is more subdued and cryptic than its predecessors, to the point where it might be more appropriately described as a cinematic tone poem. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJul 23, 2015
The puzzle-box narrative only grows more hypnotic with repeat viewings. The movie insists on having the audience, like Ventura, pass through madness to reach catharsis. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 24, 2015
As gorgeous and impenetrable as a dream. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneNov 28, 2014
Costa's storytelling is illusory at best, but Horse Money's self-contradictions are communicated not via plot half as much as in scenography, even in the costuming. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 22, 2015
Sleepwalking through a role is just about the worst insult you could level at an actor, professional or otherwise, but that’s more or less what Ventura — again playing a poetic representation of himself — does here. Read full review
83
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicNov 28, 2014
Tremendously evocative and inherently enchanting, Horse Money is one of the year’s most profound films and an essential step forward for both Ventura the Cape Verdean, and Pedro Costa the artist. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid ParkinsonSep 14, 2015
Visually striking, intellectually challenging and emotionally harrowing. Read full review
80
CineVueBen NicholsonNov 28, 2014
It's a singular and deeply resonant work that finds a mesmerising poetry amidst the chiaroscuro rubble of post-colonial Portugal. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungNov 28, 2014
A phantasmagorical vision of psychological purgatory, Horse Money (Cavalo dinheiro) will enrapture some while leaving others dangling in frustrated limbo. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid EhrlichJul 21, 2015
Horse Money is an ordeal, but you’ll be glad that Costa was there to help Ventura’s words find their way through the cracks. Read full review
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