Norte, the End of History
Cinema Guild | Release Date: June 20, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJun 19, 2014
It is the work of a director as fascinated by decency as by ugliness, and able to present the chaos of life in a series of pictures that are at once luminously clear and endlessly mysterious. Read full review
100
Time OutDavid FearJun 17, 2014
Novelistic is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days, but Diaz’s film more than earns the adjective, and you’d have to go back to Edward Yang’s "Yi Yi" to find another movie that approaches a marathon-length running time yet still makes you wish it were twice as long. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJun 23, 2014
It feels as though wherever the camera might be—and however it might be moving—is exactly where it belongs. Read full review
90
Village VoiceCalum MarshJun 17, 2014
Norte tells a big story on a grand scale, but its emphasis, moment by moment, is on the quotidian. It's simplicity that resonates most deeply of all. Read full review
88
Boston GlobePeter KeoughAug 28, 2014
Some might find the dual conclusions too blunt in their irony, but “Norte” does not try to be consoling. Crazy as Fabian’s ideas seem, they might be the ones that prevail. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid ParkinsonJul 14, 2014
Filipino maven Diaz delivers a bravura, literary human drama that does justice to its great source material. Read full review
75
Washington PostMark JenkinsAug 7, 2014
If the movie’s universal themes don’t impress, its specific details do. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJun 20, 2014
As it turns out, "Norte" is not quite the epochal work of cinema greatness that some have suggested but it is hardly a miss either. There are moments of staggering beauty and power on display here and yet there are also moments when it seems to be ambling around with no clear idea of where it wants to go. Read full review
60
The DissolveScott TobiasJun 18, 2014
Norte is the rare film where the characters seem simpler the longer we spend time with them. They’re humans that evolve into types. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungJun 19, 2014
There's little in the way of genuine depth, complexity or nuance here, Diaz instead seeks to convey the illusion of profundity by having various characters throw around weighty social and philosophical verbiage in thuddingly sophomoric fashion. Read full review
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