Landscape with Invisible Hand
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: August 18, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
14
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
89
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAug 17, 2023
It's an incisive, intriguing, and ultimately moving look at America's ongoing socioeconomic collapse: The whole "kids streaming their first slow dance" thing is just one aspect of this rich and nuanced drama. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicKaely MonahanAug 17, 2023
The first word that comes to mind when watching Landscape With Invisible Hand is "weird." It’s very weird. But in the most thoughtful way possible. This sci-fi film packs originality in every scene and plot point. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAug 16, 2023
Landscape With Invisible Hand is a bizarre, off-kilter experience that shows us how we are destroying ourselves, no aliens necessary. Read full review
75
ObserverDylan RothAug 15, 2023
Landscape with Invisible Hand is a cutting satire about economic imperialism, the commodification of culture, and the degrees to which human beings are forced to debase themselves in order to survive. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAug 18, 2023
Although Finley, who previously directed the Emmy-winning Hugh Jackman drama “Bad Education,” doesn’t quite manage to sustain the film’s irreverent energy, especially during its more melancholic second half, he handily succeeds in delivering a piece of entertainment that is at once wildly out of this world and all-too-relevantly down to earth. Read full review
67
ColliderRoss BonaimeFeb 9, 2023
Landscape with Invisible Hand is certainly a mixed bag that isn’t nearly as tight as Finley’s previous work, but the bold attempt to make something so unique and singular makes this wild story ultimately work. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesChase HutchinsonAug 17, 2023
As Finley manages a last unassuming gut punch, it strikes painfully true. It provides one final drop of mundane dread that reveals how the most comprehensively exploitative of systems can become terrifyingly normal. Good thing that’s only science fiction. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 15, 2023
Based on the novel of the same name by M.T. Anderson, the third effort from the talented Finley (“Thoroughbreds,” “Bad Education”) features some impressively staged sequences and terrific performances, but awkwardly straddles the fence between biting social commentary and dark humor, never quite finding its footing and ending on a curiously flat note. Read full review
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