My Imaginary Country
Icarus Films | Release Date: September 23, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
86
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
TheWrapCarlos AguilarSep 29, 2022
My Imaginary Country is as much about the causes, participants and outcomes of a collective awakening in search of a more promising future as it is about an artist allowing himself to feel hope for a homeland that has forever been the focus of his artistic preoccupations. Read full review
90
Film ThreatRay LoboSep 26, 2022
Guzmán’s skills as a documentarian have not eroded one bit. His soft narration reminds one of Werner Herzog sans his, at times, metaphysical excesses. The director captures incredible footage of the protests as a functioning organism, a sublime wave of furious power. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 23, 2022
While this is a first-person documentary, with the director providing voice-over narration, it expresses a poignant humility and a patient willingness to listen. Read full review
90
Screen DailyAllan HunterSep 23, 2022
Guzman’s heart and soul investment in the film and the snapshots of people power in action make for an emotional and involving documentary. Read full review
83
The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossSep 23, 2022
As newly-elected president Gabriel Boric takes the stage to address the nation that placed upon him precious trust, it is hard not to be moved by the electric rawness of hope. Read full review
80
Little White LiesMarina AshiotiJun 8, 2023
All the ingredients here are invaluable, and the film’s vision comes alive with a real sense of hope about the soul of Chile and its thirst for change that’s palpable, not imaginary. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica KiangSep 23, 2022
While in formal terms it’s more of a standard, reportage-based doc than any of his recent essays, it is also the rarest of projects: one in which a venerated member of an older generation of political activists communicates a fervent admiration for his younger counterparts and a deep, grateful optimism for the future they are building. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSep 23, 2022
By the end of My Imaginary Country, Guzmán has still not moved past the trauma of history. Nor, he suggests, has Chile. Not yet. But he does leave open the possibility of a future not beholden to that trauma and a nation that might now be able to write a new history for itself. Read full review
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