Slack Bay

Name: Slack Bay
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 21, 2017
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 66

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: April 21, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: The bourgeois and extremely eccentric Van Peteghem family have settled in for another summer at their cliff-top villa overlooking the picturesque Slack Bay. Their leisurely rhythm of sunbathing and seaside constitutionals is soon interrupted by the arrival of two bumbling inspectors investigating a string of tourists gone missing. [Kino Lorber]

Director: Bruno Dumont

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 122 min

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Richard Brody

Apr 20, 2017

The range of tones and moods, like the range of situations, characters, and actors, is so wide, so recklessly self-contradicting, that it turns a tautly crafted local story into a comprehensive vision. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 21, 2016

Ma Loute is a fascinatingly made film, theatrically extravagant and precise, although perhaps a little over-extended. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 20, 2017

Bruno Dumont's formalism is presently charged with a spark of simultaneously controlled and spontaneous mystery. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

May 21, 2016

More weirdly fascinating than genuinely good, this beautifully made, bracingly eccentric and often arch film will generate a measure of strong support but will bewilder more. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Jun 12, 2017

With its bestial themes, conceptual humour and cartoonish thespians, this consciously arch farce will intrigue some and infuriate others. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

May 21, 2016

Slack Bay is half as long as Quinquin, but still feels too long. Major ensemble scenes (a family banquet, a service on the beach) dawdle indulgently, as if waiting for the joke to start. Read full review

John Bleasdale

May 21, 2016

Though the farce is occasionally funny, it's as bloated and windy as its comedy policeman Inspector Machin. Read full review

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