November
Oscilloscope Laboratories | Release Date: February 23, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Boston GlobePeter KeoughApr 11, 2018
Sarnet elevates his Rabelaisian folktale into a tragedy illustrated by haunting, metaphorical imagery. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 22, 2018
It's both gravely serious and a demonically funny, a blend meant to catch audiences off balance. Mission accomplished. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakFeb 21, 2018
Sarnet orchestrates authentic horror through a supernatural filter wherein beautiful black and white cinematography can immortalize abject despair. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMar 1, 2018
This folk tale braids together the primordial and the divine in endlessly surprising ways. Read full review
80
Village VoiceSam WeisbergFeb 22, 2018
Above all else, November, shot in gorgeous black-and-white by Mart Taniel, is a smorgasbord of deliciously grotesque imagery. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 19, 2018
Though the emotional pull of this love triangle grows more compelling in the second half, for much of its running time November prefers to beguile us with the strangeness of its setting and characters. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica KiangFeb 19, 2018
It’s having the ordinary in such close proximity to the outlandish that makes November so uncanny. And it’s rooting the bizarre behaviors of its characters in such understandable motivations (usually greed) that makes it so unexpectedly funny and scabrously relatable. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 23, 2018
The narrative never really builds a good head of steam. That could just be because as a Westerner with extremely limited knowledge of Estonian culture and mythology, the barrage of tropes from there is relatively overwhelming for me. Even so, November never stops being a visual trip. And that may well be enough. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneFeb 21, 2018
Rainer Sarnet is as invested in telling a convoluted story that feels rooted in millennia-old folklore as he is in unabashedly experimenting with form and style for the sake of visual pleasure alone. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 22, 2018
Suffused with sorcery and silvery light, November, written and directed by Rainer Sarnet, is a bizarre Estonian love story — a mishmash of folklore, farm animals and scabrous fun — in which beauty and ugliness fight to the death. Read full review
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