Rose of Nevada
1-2 Special | Release Date: June 19, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinChris KnightJul 9, 2026
If the idea of an art-house time travel movie tickles your fancy, then hop aboard the Rose of Nevada, though with that caveat that it is closer to La Jetée than to Donnie Darko. Read full review
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 20, 2026
So, it’s a ghost story, and a time travel story, and a folk tale, and something of a kitchen sink drama, but it’s also none of these things, really, and that’s where Jenkin’s formal gambits come in. His filmmaking has a lovely, homespun directness. Read full review
100
Little White LiesRafaela Sales RossApr 27, 2026
It is an experience as moving as it is unnerving, and as the piercing screeching of iron rods announces the Rose of Nevada is to leave port once more, it is we the audience there to wave a pained goodbye, quietly stunned by the ethereal aura of Jenkin’s striking creation. Read full review
100
The Film StageLeonardo GoiSep 13, 2025
Seen from the vantage point of our hyper-digital 2020s, Jenkin isn’t just a stark outlier from the current media regime. He’s also among the very few working directors whose cinema feels both familiar and viscerally new. Read full review
90
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJul 7, 2026
The result is a film that is haunting and singular – a furnace-blast of the past reshaped and refashioned for our modern times. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesTim GriersonJun 20, 2026
This story of two strangers who take a job on a fishing boat — their lives are irrevocably altered once they return to shore — slowly pulls you inside its disquieting design. By the time you get your bearings, you’re ensnared in its net. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBrandon YuJun 18, 2026
From a perspective of pure atmosphere, this is arguably the most mesmerizing film of the year thus far. Read full review
90
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 13, 2025
The richest, most enduring pleasures here are formal ones, beginning with the exacting still-life compositions and oily, vehement primary hues of Jenkins’ 16mm lensing, which can make a painterly subject of a maritime squall or a mustard-yellow wading boot. Read full review
88
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 26, 2026
Consider it a work of oblique horror, a ghost story that’s something of an apparition itself. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsJun 19, 2026
By acutely matching this fishing folktale’s uncertain vibe as a film not about ghosts but about madness, Turner and MacKay’s “Rose of Nevada” moves with a perfectionist control through unknowable waters. Read full review
88
The Daily BeastNick SchagerAug 30, 2025
A dreamy tale of loss and grief, death and resurrection, as well as a supernatural reverie about the mysterious relationship between the present and past—one in which the living are reborn as ghosts. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubMonica CastilloJun 18, 2026
While Jenkin’s story is tightly controlled, with little explanation as to how this time jump happened and almost no room for big emotions, his visual storytelling is deeply expressive. Read full review
83
IndieWireSam BodrojanSep 13, 2025
Rose of Nevada does not abandon or anonymize any of Jenkin’s hallmark quirks, and is thus unlikely to convert any agnostics. But for the faithful and the curious, here is a work of hypnotically accomplished form and legitimate depth. Read full review
80
Screen RantAlex HarrisonJun 19, 2026
When I reviewed Enys Men for ScreenRant in 2023, I was awed by the use of form on display, but wished for more of a narrative backbone to hold all that atmosphere together. Rose of Nevada, Jenkin's latest film, supplies it. The haunted, slippery feeling of his movies is very effective when applied to a supernatural mystery, and that sense of full understanding being just out of reach becomes something pulling you further in, rather than pushing you out. For something so deliberately paced, I found it completely gripping. Read full review
80
The TimesKevin MaherApr 27, 2026
MacKay and Turner acquit themselves handsomely with many silent stares, tortured looks and grimaces. Like all Jenkin’s films, it looks extraordinary and the deliberately “tinny” post-sync sound only adds to the sense that you are watching something ancient, meaningful and quite magical. Read full review
80
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyApr 27, 2026
Rose of Nevada is Jenkin’s most conventional narrative film so far, which is to say it’s still filled to the brim with dreams, visions, and ambiguities. It’s a Cornish The Great Gatsby, in its own mesmeric way, though its boat bearing us back ceaselessly into the past is a literal one. Read full review
80
EmpireNeil AlcockApr 23, 2026
Mark Jenkin is still Mark Jenk-ing: the most stubbornly analogue filmmaker out there has produced another satisfyingly baffling film about Cornish communities and the supernatural tension between past and present. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeApr 23, 2026
For all the eccentricity of its premise, Rose of Nevada has things to say about how easily we can become disconnected from the relatively recent past. Read full review
80
Time OutAnna SmithApr 9, 2026
Eerie yet entertaining, it’s Jenkin’s most accessible film so far, while remaining anchored to his core Cornish principles. Read full review
80
Screen DailyNikki BaughanSep 13, 2025
It effectively combines familiar genre tropes with Jenkin’s unique visual style and a resonant message of community. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesSep 13, 2025
A ghostly story that’s not exactly a ghost story, Rose of Nevada is a typically imaginative film from the director Mark Jenkin. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 13, 2025
It’s another really bold and distinct statement from Jenkin. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonJul 9, 2026
At almost 2 hours, the film wears out its welcome if you don’t really care about its characters. And there’s little reason to care, as you can pretty much guess that following any narrative crumbs thrown at you will lead nowhere. Still, I have to admire (there’s that word again) how Jenkin toys with the audience’s mind. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineMark HansonSep 17, 2025
The film plunges us into a world that feels simultaneously naturalistic and otherworldly. Read full review
70
The RevealScott TobiasJun 25, 2026
The borderless toggle between past and present can make the film difficult to parse, but the time conceit allows Jenkin to suggest the profound grief and loss experienced by a community on the decline. It’s a horror/sci-fi scenario that’s anchored firmly in the everyday. Read full review
70
Next Best PictureJosh ParhamSep 13, 2025
For some, the narrative’s stronger foundation will be an asset. For others, it’s an underwhelming aspect that detracts from the overall enjoyment of the read. Either way, the film remains a fascinating piece that showcases a high level of creativity, making it worthy of being experienced. Read full review
67
The PlaylistMarshall ShafferSep 13, 2025
It’s a bit of a bumpy ride in “Rose of Nevada” as the abstractions of his technique bristle against the demands of the storytelling to balance various story elements (not to mention an ensemble cast). Read full review
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