Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
Icarus Films | Release Date: June 22, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorJun 28, 2018
Director Mouly Surya’s unwavering conviction in her material (co-written with Rama Adi and Garin Nugroho) and her star – Marsha Timothy plays Marlina as fearful and indignant but ever composed – create a film that is simultaneously charming and grisly. Read full review
90
Film ThreatMatthew RoeMar 8, 2019
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts is simple at a glance, nuanced under scrutiny, and is a damn fine time at the movies. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijJun 18, 2018
At once an enjoyable genre ride and a feminist art house story, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts might send some heads rolling but has its own head firmly on its shoulders. Read full review
90
VarietyMaggie LeeJun 18, 2018
At once tightly controlled and simmering with righteous fury, it’s gorgeously lensed, atmospherically scored and moves inexorably toward a gratifying payoff. Read full review
88
The Seattle TimesBrent McKnightJun 18, 2018
With a Morricone-inspired score, gorgeous cinematography that screams to be witnessed on a big screen, and bleak humor, this film’s tightly executed, meticulously controlled surface barely contains the seething fury within. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJul 5, 2018
It’s a sporadically tense and ominous four-chapter ride that slowly envelops you in its near mythical — at times mystical — neo-western spell. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 21, 2018
Rather than epic or thrilling, justice becomes an errand, an extension of domestic work. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonJun 18, 2018
A thoroughly enjoyable, visually ravishing feminist Western played out in the widescreen vistas of rural Indonesia, Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts weaves basic elements into a tale worth telling splendidly accompanied by a sit-up-and-take-notice musical score. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireJun 22, 2018
The whole thing is handled with sly wit as well as unfailing stylistic smarts, which makes for a very satisfying package. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 18, 2018
It’s a small, offbeat movie, punctuated by bursts of terrible violence but also infused with a winning strain of deadpan humor that’s not too far removed from Jim Jarmusch. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJun 18, 2018
The film is enlivened by an acute grasp of the impossibilities that abused Indonesian women face in a society predicated on their continued physical and emotional subjugation to men. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 21, 2018
Working with the cinematographer Yunus Pasolang, Ms. Surya gives “Marlina” a stark, steady, captivating look that keeps you largely engaged even when the story and your attention drift. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 18, 2018
Eventually, the drama closes in on itself and attains the logic of a dream, though a dream that dissipates quickly on waking. Read full review
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