Klondike
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: August 4, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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90
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 4, 2023
Klondike is certainly not an easy watch, but it is a profound one — a film that feels both prescient and retrospective about Ukraine, locked in what seems a never-ending existential conflict with its neighbor. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergAug 3, 2023
The director favors absurdist tableaus . . . placid camera moves counterpointed by brutality and shots held so long that it almost seems as if the filmmaker is the one being cruel. It’s a grimly effective strategy for a harsh but powerful movie. Read full review
88
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 14, 2023
The shocked inability to focus on what one must do despite the pull of pretending, saying and repeating “it’ll all be over soon” is vividly recreated in this small-scale version of a larger scale tragedy to come. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireAug 4, 2023
Qhile this particular story takes place nearly a decade ago, it remains unfortunately timely as Russia’s horrific war in Ukraine rages on; Klondike helps put a specific, vivid face on a faraway conflict. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 4, 2023
This visceral portrait of life during wartime is at its most harrowing and unshakeable when it confronts the heightened reality of its conceit with the apathetic naturalism of its drama. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinOct 3, 2023
Unsurprisingly, it all builds to a bleak conclusion, and the film as a whole is a powerful statement that lingers in the mind long after the final credits roll. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeJun 20, 2023
Without undue contrivance or melodrama, Er Gorbach overlaps escalating marital tension with the larger war closing in on the couple to claustrophobic life-or-death effect, building to a finale of staggering savagery. Read full review
75
The Film StageDavid KatzJun 20, 2023
Klondike stands as one of the stronger dramatizations of this crucial moment in recent history. Read full review
70
Film ThreatAlex SavelievJun 20, 2023
Klondike plunges you into the midst of a nightmarish life, on the brink of utter and complete collapse, leaving you wrung and dry. Not a light weekend watch, then, nor a particularly original or subtle one – but artfully produced, deeply affecting cinema nevertheless. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLee MarshallJun 20, 2023
Klondike is both despairing – sometimes in a blackly comic vein – and empathetic in the way it sees the incident from the ground up rather than from the sky down. Read full review
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