Monos

Name: Monos
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: September 13, 2019
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Deiby Rueda, Julian Giraldo, Julianne Nicholson, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón

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Neon | Release Date: September 13, 2019 | R

Starring: Deiby Rueda, Julian Giraldo, Julianne Nicholson, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón, Moisés Arias, Paul Cubides, Sneider Castro, Sofia Buenaventura, Wilson Salazar

Summary: In a remote mountaintop setting somewhere in Latin America, a rebel group of teenage commandos bearing noms de guerre like Rambo, Smurf, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner (Julianne Nicholson) and a conscripted milk cow for a shadowy force known only as The Organization. After anIn a remote mountaintop setting somewhere in Latin America, a rebel group of teenage commandos bearing noms de guerre like Rambo, Smurf, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner (Julianne Nicholson) and a conscripted milk cow for a shadowy force known only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, fracturing their intricate bond, the mission begins to collapse.… Expand

Director: Alejandro Landes

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 102 min

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The Observer (UK) Mark Kermode

Nov 5, 2019

Tonally, the film is mercurial, capturing the multiple realities of its young subjects who are both children and soldiers – the distressing, disorienting dichotomy at the centre of its eerie spell. With skill and sensitivity, Landes manages to capture both sides of their fractured world, evoking empathy without resort to pity. Read full review

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 13, 2019

An arrestingly bizarre experience. Read full review

The Playlist Joe Blessing

Feb 1, 2019

Though Monos feels very contemporary aesthetically, its subjects are timeless: the malleability of group dynamics and how subtle changes can lead to either violence or harmony. It’s a philosophical film with very few words, examining its ideas through powerful images and feelings. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Feb 13, 2019

There’s a bicep-flexing quality to Landes’s direction, with its bursts of colour and chaos, its conjuration of a surreal experience out of tactile reality. You tumble out of it bruised, bewildered, mesmerised. Read full review

David Fear

Sep 17, 2019

There’s a specific, singular madness that this movie conjures up that’s completely its own, a spell it casts that goes way beyond homages or spot-the-reference pastiches. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Sep 18, 2019

The violent, beautiful and powerfully watchable movie Monos — Spanish for monkeys — takes its title from the code name used by a group of teenage guerrillas. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Feb 1, 2019

Even in this fictional context, the line between portraying and exploiting abused innocence gets uncomfortably, offensively blurred. Read full review

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delcymasa

Sep 19, 2019

W O W !!! Simply WOW!!! Because of the photography, music, scenarios, wild sound and wonderful actors, I found myself in a pleasant sensory overload!!!... Simply W O W

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Turibe78

Sep 13, 2019

WOW!!! I have never been so shaken by a movie... in an amazing way! The story has a way of pulling you in and taking you a wild ride... with an amazing score by Mica Levi and surreal cinematography. The movie is still in my head since it does not give you a happy ever after ending tied up inWOW!!! I have never been so shaken by a movie... in an amazing way! The story has a way of pulling you in and taking you a wild ride... with an amazing score by Mica Levi and surreal cinematography. The movie is still in my head since it does not give you a happy ever after ending tied up in a little bow but leaves you questioning what will happen. And in real life that is the situation. Highly recommend it!! And if you can please watch it in the theater.... you need the big screen for the sound and image.… Expand

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Sierra-117

Nov 17, 2019

Alejandro Landes’s psychological thriller about the use of child soldiers in Columbian guerrilla warfare is an outstanding piece of cinema, delivering perhaps the most atmospheric and hypnotic experiences to ever grace the big screen. The use of complex characters, excellent camerawork andAlejandro Landes’s psychological thriller about the use of child soldiers in Columbian guerrilla warfare is an outstanding piece of cinema, delivering perhaps the most atmospheric and hypnotic experiences to ever grace the big screen. The use of complex characters, excellent camerawork and an incredible score from Mica Levi completely immerses you in this brutal yet beautiful world, where children are kidnapped from their families and raised as soldiers. An hour after leaving the cinema i’m still struggling to find words for how mesmerizing this experience was, drawing inspiration from classics like lord of the flies and apocalypse now. Every actor in this film was absolutely phenomenal, to the point that I almost forgot that I was watching the actors and not the real characters. I will say, the actual plot of the movie wasn’t really a strong focus, as it was more character driven, and although this really works and gives it a unique structure at times it can feel a tad slow, but for me this was only a minor issue. Other than that, I have no gripes. If you dislike foreign language films, or hate unpredictability in movies then I’d recommend you steer clear, but If you have even a remote interest in cinema I suggest you find a way to watch this quick. 9/10… Expand