Most Beautiful Island
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: November 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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90
Village VoiceTatiana CraineNov 1, 2017
As a rumination on the experiences of undocumented immigrants, Most Beautiful Island presents an extreme example of what people will do to scrape by — but it does so without belittling its vulnerable characters. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 16, 2017
Creating a lucid sense of reality only so that she can defile it with a wicked pivot towards madness, Asensio’s film creates a vision of immigrant life in America (and its value) that’s all the more urgent for how it uses genre elements to exaggerate the experience. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAndy WebsterNov 2, 2017
Dark corners of the immigrant experience in New York City, especially for women, are frighteningly dramatized in Ana Asensio’s suspense film Most Beautiful Island, a modest but effective writing-directing debut. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 20, 2017
The movie’s payoff is every bit as delicious as its build-up. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakNov 2, 2017
What makes Most Beautiful Island standout, however, is that it isn’t just about desperation. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineHenry Stewart
Many genre movies in which bad things happen to women end with them fighting back, but here, as people surely would in real life, they just take the money and run. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshNov 2, 2017
Anchored by Asensio's fearless and gripping performance, Most Beautiful Island directs an unflinching point of view toward an often invisible population. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoApr 6, 2017
Most Beautiful Island summons viewers into its seductive web, lashing out with teeth-grinding tension when you least expect it. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMar 16, 2017
There's much to admire about Most Beautiful Island, with its highly original spin on the immigrant survival story and its compelling protagonist, whose fate remains raw, urgent and real even as she's pulled into outré movie-ish weirdness. Despite some missteps, there are enough strengths to mark this as a promising debut. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeMar 16, 2017
The pivotal scenes may be fictionalised, but the prickling, precarious threat is clammily authentic and inspired by the experiences of the film’s writer, director and star, Ana Asensio, as an undocumented Spanish immigrant eking out an existence in New York. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsNov 3, 2017
Until her plight becomes emotionally engaging during the film's creepy finale 20-30 minutes, watching Most Beautiful Island is an unproductively unpleasant experience. Read full review
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