Porto
Cinéart | Release Date: November 17, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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75
Slant MagazineCarson LundNov 9, 2017
It grapples with emotional enigma of infatuation, and the question of how such a mighty force can also be so fleeting. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 13, 2017
This narratively slender item is unapologetically a mood piece: a film that’s in love with love, in love with cinema, and concerned that neither is built to last. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 17, 2017
The film’s clever editing (credited to Klinger and Geraldine Mangenot) jumps back and forth through time in intriguing, sometimes intoxicating ways, and even when the drama flags there’s always a stunning image to stare at. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerNov 13, 2017
Its strongest evocation of poignant, imperfect memory has to do with its leading man, and the glimpse it provides of a fuller career that never was. Read full review
58
The Film StageEd FranklMar 13, 2017
Set in the picturesque Portuguese city of the title, the film demonstrates first-time fiction director Gabe Klinger’s eye for visual storytelling, but his script, co-written by Larry Gross, feels undeveloped for anything further than glib, Instagram-like testaments to cherished moments in time. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 22, 2017
The best thing about Klinger’s time/memory/dream aesthetic is how it looks: the visual equivalent of an audiophile’s nostalgia for vinyl. But the time jumping feels precious, and the screenplay — written by Klinger and Larry Gross — falls too easily into clichés. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 16, 2017
This first narrative feature from Gabe Klinger seduces with breathtakingly gorgeous visuals that feel both achingly nostalgic and elegantly modern. These often ravishing aesthetics and stylistic quirks act as soft restraints, keeping us watching despite a near-total absence of story and a thinly disguised attitude of male entitlement. Read full review
40
The GuardianEd GibbsNov 16, 2017
Whatever the reason, Porto – much of the action unfolds in the Portuguese holiday spot – struggles to convey its passions, despite considerable effort from its two leads, an intuitive soundtrack and handsome photography. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushBritt HayesMar 15, 2017
Between the haphazard zooms and the odd editing meant to evoke the way we re-stitch fragments of memory in hindsight, Porto reads like a short student film pointlessly extended to feature length. Read full review
30
Village VoiceApril WolfeNov 16, 2017
All of this is attractive, yet I felt nothing for these people, their pain, or their possible lost future. Read full review
0
ObserverRex ReedNov 28, 2017
A pretentious load of swill made in Portugal that should have been buried in a locked vault without a key. Read full review
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