Son of Monarchs
HBO Max | Release Date: October 15, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
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0
Negative:
0
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83
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodOct 14, 2021
Gambis, who is both a director and a biologist, has crafted a piece of art that captivates as much as it informs. Read full review
80
Screen RantSarah Bea MilnerOct 21, 2021
Son of Monarchs is an expertly crafted visual experience that weaves disparate themes and images. Read full review
80
Film ThreatSabina Dana PlasseOct 14, 2021
Son of Monarchs is a type of philosophical journey but one of beauty and mystical discovery. Read full review
80
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyOct 14, 2021
Rather like the butterfly wings that are its central metaphor, Son of Monarchs is deceptively fragile-seeming, yet robust, structurally complex and vibrantly hued. Read full review
80
The New York TimesIsabelia HerreraOct 14, 2021
The film’s rich imagery will be imprinted in your memory, returning to you in dreams. Read full review
75
TheWrapCarlos AguilarOct 15, 2021
As it traverses the sacred and the factual, the film intently portrays the liminal space anyone who’s ever left home knows well. It’s the threshold between the person you were, who you’ve become, and how the two halves are at odds mutating into a unique color, a new prism-like worldview. Read full review
75
IndieWireJude DryOct 14, 2021
In Son of Monarchs, Gambis has mapped the butterflies’ migratory paths and genetic patterns onto Mendel’s search for belonging. It’s an inspired blend of science and narrative, and an affecting allegory emerges from the unique imagery. Read full review
75
The Film StageDiego AndaluzOct 14, 2021
Despite some pacing issues, Son of Monarchs serves as a heartbreakingly layered depiction of an immigrant’s journey to rediscover a fractured identity. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNick AllenOct 15, 2021
Son of Monarchs, which is driven by mood as much as it is a metaphor that it can’t get enough of, embodies the equal ambition and shortcomings of a writer/director trying feel their way through science, while having as minimal a narrative as possible. Read full review
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