Kill the Jockey
Music Box Films | Release Date: July 2, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
ColliderElisa GuimarãesJul 7, 2025
It works for about half an hour, but its excess of panache eventually gets tiring, and the story's seams are just too frail to hold it together. Still, those dance sequences are really something. Read full review
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The GuardianXan BrooksAug 29, 2024
It’s too skimpy and self-conscious, more a series of gestures than an organic whole. But Ortega frames his action with a delicious high style, interspersing tense standoffs with formal dance sequences. He gives the impression that all his characters are locked in a bizarre hothouse romance, even when they are chasing or attempting to kill one another. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinAug 29, 2024
In the end, it all feels a bit like a fashion film or some other branded exercise in style — except that the brand is Ortega’s peculiar and unique vision. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJul 10, 2025
It’s rare to say about a contemporary film, but maybe it could gain from a little didacticism, a little lecturing, a little clarity to ensure that its muddied purpose becomes clearer. Instead, its idiosyncrasies obscure its insights. Read full review
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The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanJul 2, 2025
The director, Luis Ortega, doesn’t give much reason to care about Remo’s conflict — the protagonist’s catatonia inspires the same in the viewer — and instead exhausts his efforts on a mannered blankness of style and mood. Read full review
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