Land and Shade
Outsider Pictures | Release Date: June 17, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The Film StageMichael SnydelJun 22, 2016
It’s a film that’s feels nearly otherworldly in its isolation. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comMark DujsikJun 17, 2016
A film of uncommon restraint and considerable compassion. It presents a seemingly helpless situation and focuses on the tiny, fleeting moments of regret, resentment, reconciliation, hope, loyalty and love within and between these characters. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJun 16, 2016
The landscape seems to push the characters away at the same time that it anchors them into place, suggesting that elsewhere is a promise that only dreams can keep. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJun 4, 2015
Arcevedo is certainly as preoccupied with image as he is content and it is perhaps the individual frames and tableaux which linger on past this resolutely-downbeat, emblematic story. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesJohn HartlJul 26, 2016
The first-time director, Cesar Augusto Acevida, composes his frames carefully, using closing doorways to suggest alienation, as John Ford did in “The Searchers.” The harvesting and crop fire scenes recall Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven.” Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJun 15, 2016
Land And Shade is a slow-paced art-film, where the static shots are held at length and the characters pause between lines of dialogue, to give viewers plenty of chances to register the mood, look, feel, and significance of everything Acevedo shows. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael NordineJun 15, 2016
You might not want to live here, but the imagery makes for a nice postcard. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMay 26, 2015
Acevedo deserves credit for crafting something so audacious – along with the photography, the sound design by Felipe Rayo is also boldly conceived – though there are moments when the style really dominates the subject matter, in a film that’s a pleasure to watch but not always one to follow. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 26, 2015
While mirthless in the extreme, Cesar Acevedo’s deliberately paced and distant-feeling debut works its way under audiences’ skin, weaving a haunting allegory through painterly compositions. Read full review
67
The PlaylistGary GarrisonJun 16, 2016
This lack of visual energy, combined with the choice to forgo a score, leaves little to buoy the moments needed to propel the film toward its inevitable close. But where Land And Shade shines is in its outrage, and the heartbroken fury at the center of the film. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJun 16, 2016
In Land and Shade, the setting holds more interest than the plot: a fable-like, elemental story that sketches its characters too faintly to develop much power. Read full review
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