Mammoth
IFC Films | Release Date: November 20, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
In the flawless cast, Williams is the most affecting. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Mammoth is a perfectly decent film. Too bad it isn't more thoughtful. It's easy to regret misfortune if all you do is regret it. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Mammoth manages to be as affecting as it is heartfelt. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
If one thinks of "Babel" minus the melodrama and histrionics, you get a clearer picture of what Moodysson has done here. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
Moodysson hasn’t exactly descended to "Babel"-level pabulum with Mammoth, his first foray into English; these characters are too fascinatingly thorny, and he still has a supple way with a pulse-throbbing dance tune. Read full review
50
VarietyAlissa Simon
A mixed bag, Mammoth is a good-looking, smoothly directed, continent-hopping drama about parents and children, globalization and the disconnect between rich and poor, but comes with too much repetitive exposition and lacks an emotional payoff. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
While Mammoth is frequently poignant and beautifully acted--especially by Williams, who’s so lost and lonely that she becomes casually cruel--the movie lacks the personal touch that’s distinguished even Moodysson’s “difficult” films. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Mr. Moodysson has never met a pleasure he didn’t want to punish. Read full review
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New York PostLou Lumenick
This overlong drama is the first (mostly) English-language film from the talented Swedish filmmaker Moodysson (“Lilya 4-Ever”). Any semblance of subtlety was unfortunately lost in translation. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Moodysson’s meticulous attention to surfaces allows him to draw a stark contrast between the Americans’ affluence and the Asians’ poverty, but his final observation--that somehow the rich will muddle through--is hardly a bold statement. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Grossly exaggerating his characters' either/or constructions, Moodysson forgoes any real ideas about the world's vast inequities, content to pummel his audience with portentous global guilt-tripping. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The overlapping stories, the emotional disconnect, the heavy-handed symbolism -- no, it's not a movie from the makers of "Babel," its a mumbling, stammering copycat drama from Swedish director Lukas Moodysson. Read full review
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