Pop Aye
Kino Lorber | Release Date: June 28, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJan 25, 2017
Loneliness, alienation, the ache of nostalgia and the everyday absurdity of life infuse every encounter in the unconventional road trip. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJul 6, 2017
Watching the elephant work the room, so speak, interacting magisterially with all and sundry, is always a treat. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJan 25, 2017
Soft and sweet, Kirsten Tan’s bright and airy debut is also quietly eloquent, speaking of a loss and regret. Read full review
80
VarietyMaggie LeeJan 25, 2017
This bucolic escape from big-city life is anchored by a solid script filled with characters who, despite reaching the end of the road, find ways to make peace with the world. Read full review
75
Washington PostChristopher KompanekJul 20, 2017
Filmmaker Kirsten Tan riffs on the tropes of both the buddy film and the road trip movie in her absurd yet subtly observed feature debut Pop Aye. Read full review
75
The Film StageMike MazzantiJul 13, 2017
A film that is heartwarming in its human-to-animal gaze, and yet crushing in its understanding of a human’s flaws. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJun 29, 2017
Pop Aye is a standard, if well-made, indie road trip dramedy. But, you know, with an elephant. Read full review
75
IndieWireMichael NordineJun 29, 2017
Pop Aye never dips into cutesiness or sentimentality, even when you might find yourself wishing it would; it’s less a big-top circus and more a low-key character study. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJan 25, 2017
There is an eventual reckoning, but one wishes that Tan, at least for these moments, had allowed the film a few more inches of dramatic space. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 27, 2017
They make a funny pair, by turns amusing and puzzling, though also melancholic and touching. For the most part, these variations seem by design in a movie that flirts with assorted narrative conventions and fluctuating moods without ever settling into a familiar template. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comVikram MurthiJun 29, 2017
Pop Aye has a pleasant, amiable tone, buttressed by Chananun Chotrungroj’s warm photography and picturesque framing as well as Lee Chatametikool’s purposeful editing scheme, and yet the film feels lacking overall. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJun 26, 2017
It too quickly opts out of its Scenes from a Marriage-like potential for what amounts to an augmented take on The Straight Story. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonJul 12, 2017
A meandering, slow journey with a fairly bland leading character. Director Kirsten Tan, who is from Singapore and based in New York, must be admired for the audacity of casting an elephant as a co-star in her feature film debut. Read full review
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