Post Mortem
Kino Lorber Films | Release Date: April 11, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
65
NPRMark JenkinsApr 16, 2012
Post Mortem is - intentionally - not an engaging movie. And Larrain sometimes overplays the existential anguish, notably during a few scenes of joyless, mechanical sexual release. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoApr 13, 2012
Pablo Larraín and Alfredo Castro - the director and star, respectively, of the acclaimed Chilean black comedy "Tony Manero" (2008) - reunite in the chilling Post Mortem. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayApr 11, 2012
Larrain crafts Post Mortem as a slow, quiet character study, narrowing in on Castro in his home and office while the world outside descends into madness. Read full review
75
MovielineStephanie ZacharekApr 11, 2012
Rather than rushing to determine the cause of death – of love, or of a country -- it stubbornly keeps listening for a heartbeat, even though there may not be one. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonApr 10, 2012
Often drolly, coolly morbid, Post Mortem also operates just as effectively in a more nakedly direct register. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 10, 2012
The sweep and energy of historical drama are notably missing from this grim, intense, mordantly comic little film. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearApr 10, 2012
With his sophomore feature, "Tony Manero" (2008), filmmaker Pablo Larraín gave us both a memorably maniacal main character and a black-joke metaphor about the free-floating psychosis wafting through Pinochet's Chile. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnApr 9, 2012
Post Mortem portrays the specter of dictatorship through the lens of one man's private hell. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungApr 8, 2012
Intriguing but understated. Read full review
90
VarietyJay WeissbergApr 8, 2012
Pablo Larrain's breathtaking visual command makes for enthralling viewing in Post Mortem, a rigorous, formally controlled yet emotionally gripping drama set during Chile's bloody 1973 military coup. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 8, 2012
With its pale, washed-out colour palette, its eerily slow, almost somnambulist pacing and occasionally bizarre emotional demonstrations, Post Mortem is strangely gripping. Read full review
80
Total FilmTom DawsonApr 8, 2012
This is a chilling portrayal of a deeply unsympathetic protagonist. Read full review
80
EmpirePhilip WildingApr 8, 2012
A sometimes shocking, often moving journey through a blood-stained corner of the past. Like Costa Gavras's "Missing" through the eyes of an everyday Chilean. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineNick SchagerApr 8, 2012
Pablo Larraín employs ultra-widescreen cinematography for constricting close-ups and inhospitably alienating compositions that generate a nasty chill, the director keeping the army's brutality off screen to amplify a sense of oppressive malevolence. Read full review
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