Rimini
Big World Pictures | Release Date: March 17, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VarietyJessica KiangFeb 16, 2022
This is not, in the end, a tale of hubris brought low, or even of a tacky life staring down a long lens at a tawdry, dwindling death. Instead it’s a chilling parable about the sins of the father becoming the punishments of the son, and about the moral arc of the universe bending, across generations, toward the coldest justice imaginable. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMar 17, 2023
Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl is one of the world's best directors of actors, and he nears some kind of a peak in Rimini, a blisteringly funny and often touching film about people struggling towards happiness despite having experienced lifetimes of disappointment. Read full review
88
Slant MagazinePat BrownFeb 21, 2022
The film fleshes out the perhaps familiar characterizations at its center by tying contemporary wounds to the persistent presence of Europe’s ugly history. Read full review
83
The Film StageRory O'ConnorFeb 16, 2022
Thomas’ Bravo, recalling both Mikey Saber and Mickey Rourke, has a protruding gut, slicked-back hair, an alcohol problem, and some deep-rooted mommy issues. The film is all his. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMar 30, 2023
It’s worth your time, your discomfort, your possible scorn and your weirdly grudging affection, maybe all at once. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinFeb 16, 2022
This stands as one of Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s better but not quite best features in a pretty consistent career, not as scurrilously seedy as him at his worst, or as merciless, but not as ambitious or startlingly insightful as his best. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 16, 2022
Perhaps this one doesn’t take Seidl’s creative career much further down the road to (or away from) perdition, but it is managed with unflinching conviction, a tremendous compositional sense and an amazing flair for discovering extraordinary locations. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 17, 2023
Rimini is a darkly-comic Austrian tale of a Lounge Singer in Winter, figuratively and literally. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaMar 16, 2023
We know there’s great tragedy and ugliness behind the smoke and mirrors, but we watch in amusement nonetheless. Sinisterly, Seidl reminds us how easy it is to turn people into objects for the taking. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyFeb 16, 2022
Michael Thomas’ imposing performance will be the hook for a film that, while executed with Seidl’s typical steely control, might strike his followers as being a touch too familiar – while non-adepts will find its darker dimensions altogether too bleak for comfort. Read full review
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