Nostalgia
Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: January 27, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistElena LazicMay 26, 2022
The film ends on a slightly too simplistic, almost crass note regarding that point, but it cannot take away from its overall highly sensitive and formally rigorous exploration of nostalgia and of the other, different relationships people can afford to have with their past. Read full review
90
Film ThreatBradley GibsonFeb 17, 2023
Normally film is considered a director’s medium, but this one belongs to cinematographer Paolo Carnera. The footage of Felice rediscovering Naples is nothing short of stunning. Martone wisely understands that he has three resources in Nostalgia that other filmmakers do not: Carnera’s eye, Favino’s acting ability to quietly emote with no wasted motion, and a city that is heartbreakingly beautiful to behold. Read full review
90
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeJan 26, 2023
Martone’s depiction of crime is at once expressive and economic, a world of danger boiled down to pregnant pauses and minute gestures. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 30, 2023
If yielding to nostalgia often makes people recall a more affectionate and wistful version of what actually was, this stirring, evocative film likely will leave viewers haunted by what might have been. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 26, 2022
Mario Martone’s beautifully shot and superbly composed film teeters on the edge of something special. And if it doesn’t quite achieve that, settling in the end for something more generically crime-oriented, it’s still very good. Read full review
75
IndieWireLeila LatifMay 26, 2022
As the two men circle each other in the film’s second half, it shifts from contemplative drama to full-blown suspenseful thriller. It is in the latter mode that Mantone shines best as a filmmaker and Pierfrancesco Favino does as an actor. Read full review
70
Little White LiesSaskia Lloyd GaigerFeb 17, 2023
The feeling of nostalgia is perhaps overstressed, and the pacing is odd. But the tension created as foolish Felice drifts into a trap of his own making is magnetic. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeMay 26, 2022
With a formidable cast, assured direction and skillful camerawork, Nostalgia proves to be a surprisingly absorbing film. Read full review
70
Screen DailyLee MarshallMay 26, 2022
Martone crafts a passionate, angry film that is full of atmosphere and great performances, but never fully convincing or compelling as a drama Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 26, 2022
Even in its more generic stretches, Martone’s latest feels both inviting and convincingly inhabited, a siren song to the past that confronts us with a violent, unromantic present, paved under with the same old, blood-washed cobblestones. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeFeb 19, 2023
Meandering but richly detailed drama. Read full review
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