Slalom
Kino Lorber | Release Date: April 9, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 8, 2021
The film is too rich and too human for any kind of categorization. But for all its beauty, it’s also quite an unsettling watch — a delicate, authentic look at the complicated ways in which abuse works. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyApr 9, 2021
Delivering an unforgettable breakthrough performance, Abita is phenomenal in pitching Lyz on the slippery slope between an adult wannabe and a little kid, boldly wearing even the smallest nuances of her character’s rapidly shifting emotional world on her resolute face. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 2, 2020
Charlène Favier’s Slalom is a familiar story of sexual abuse, but one told with such bracing intensity that it snaps across your face like a blast of cold mountain air. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 8, 2021
Favier carefully dissects the complex power dynamics at play, as well as the emotional devastation that results from the abuse. It’s an honest, and surprisingly, even hopeful portrait. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansFeb 14, 2021
Favier is smart on the mechanics of abuse, and the sobering inevitability of her heroine’s downhill skid. Read full review
80
CineVueChristopher MachellFeb 14, 2021
In seeking to understand both abuser and abused, Slalom offers a truly nuanced picture of abuse without sacrificing indictment. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradyFeb 11, 2021
It’s a recipe for an emotional journey to match the trajectory of the title, but director Charlène Favier’s script, co-written with Antoine Lacomblez and Marie Talon, is as chilly as the permacold of its surroundings, and punctuated by DOP Yann Maritaud’s serene, snowy tableaux. Read full review
80
EmpireNikki BaughanFeb 8, 2021
Everything about this hard-hitting film is restrained, like a breath tightly held, and all the more powerful for it. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJul 10, 2020
Beautifully directed and performed. Read full review
75
The Film StageJordan RaupApr 8, 2021
Slalom ultimately becomes a story about seeing one’s passion in life corrupted through the twisted, pre-meditated manipulation of a mentor. It’s enraging and crushing in equal measure. Read full review
70
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeApr 8, 2021
The writer and director, Charlène Favier, had previous experience as a competitive skier, and she is attentive to the textures of mountainside sports and how abuse plays out in this setting. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineCarson LundApr 5, 2021
The film’s real subject is a young woman awakening to her oppression, rendered poignant in all its awkwardness by Noée Abita. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 14, 2021
The movie finishes on an unresolved chord, as if we have left the story months or years before the actual scandalous denouement. But it is arguably faithful to the mood of messy bewilderment and frustration that governs the ongoing situation. Read full review
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