I Was at Home, But
Cinema Guild | Release Date: February 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Screen DailyWendy IdeFeb 14, 2019
What’s both intriguing and enraging about the film is the fact that it so defiantly rejects the language of cinematic storytelling; this is a film which is intended to upend audience expectations. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFeb 12, 2020
The filmmakers that Schanelec draws on for inspiration are all masters of one kind of economy or another. The problem is that Schanelec herself is not. Despite its austere, theory-heavy minimalism, I Was At Home, But… is lopsided and lumpy, filled with longueurs in which the brain begins to check out. Read full review
40
The New YorkerRichard BrodyFeb 13, 2020
The emotional repression and intellectual stiffness that suffuse Angela Schanelec’s melancholy new drama are as much a matter of style as of substance. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 14, 2019
The movie is not without interest, but I found it mannered, derivative and opaque. Read full review
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