Saloum
IFC Midnight | Release Date: September 2, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Roxana HadadiSep 9, 2022
The people who maintain the status quo are those with power, and those with power are often unwilling to share: with those who are weaker, with those who are younger, with those who are other. The propulsive energy of the film is driven both by that injustice and by the scars it leaves on places and on people, and so the horror, the horror, of Saloum is both timeless and timely. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennySep 2, 2022
This is one of the most satisfying films, genre or otherwise, of the year. Read full review
83
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpSep 18, 2021
Saloum is tense and, when it kicks into high gear, scary as hell. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 9, 2022
Herbulot and Diop have made a movie that is bold and exciting, combining bits of reality with outsized myth, in a tale of crime, revenge, and literal monsters, set in a wonderland where it seems anything can happen. Read full review
80
The GuardianPhuong LeSep 6, 2022
Saloum does not stop at simply reinterpreting the tropes of the western but wholly retools its influences with local flavours. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievSep 30, 2021
By turns horrific and hilarious, touching and repulsive, it showcases West Africa as an emerging force in contemporary cinema. Read full review
80
VarietyRichard KuipersSep 18, 2021
Revenge is a dish served with considerable style and imagination in Saloum, a fast and furious crime-horror-thriller that twists and turns its way around the mangroves, islets and inlets of Senegal’s Sine-Saloum coastal region. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeAug 31, 2022
With expert visual precision, the film flows into each new, wild narrative wrinkle as if it were the most logical thing in the world. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 18, 2021
One mystery is solved so another can begin without missing a beat as revenge takes on new meaning in the aftermath of its completion. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoSep 1, 2022
There’s something of an it-factor that Saloum possesses, though it doesn’t have the steadiest handling of entertaining distractions that relieve major plotlines along the way. Still, the way of the gun wins out for Herbulot, putting Senegalese horror hybrids on the map. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 1, 2022
Punctuated by Gregory Corandi’s gliding, God’s-eye shots of meringue-colored desert and placid shoreline, Saloum has the extravagance of fable and folklore. The plot is ludicrously jam-packed, but the pace is fleet and the dialogue has wit and a carefree bounce. Read full review
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