Private Desert
Kino Lorber | Release Date: August 26, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarSep 14, 2022
Buoyed by two superb performances, writer-director Aly Muritiba’s tenderly electrifying new feature is part sensual queer romance and part moving character study. Read full review
85
Film ThreatSumner ForbesSep 2, 2022
Couple the brilliant construction with the intense performances from Saboia and Fasanaro, and we have one of the more memorable foreign romance films in recent memory. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 26, 2022
So many scenes unfold with static frames to give actors our undivided attention, letting them evolve emotionally without unnecessary cuts undermining authenticity. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaAug 25, 2022
Muritiba understands that any portrait of masculinity that fixates too intensely on the cruelties and self-denials of machista culture are futile. Instead, he finds grace in stolen moments of tenderness. Read full review
70
VarietyManuel BetancourtAug 16, 2022
The film comes alive in its second half, which deepens and complicates the story we thought we were watching, about a disgraced cop trying to run away from the violence that’s set to cost him his job and his reputation. For some, the tender empathy that runs through the film’s latter half may not be enough to offset its choice of sympathetic leading man. Read full review
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