Sunset
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 22, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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60
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJun 2, 2019
The film’s formal qualities obscure Nemes’s intentions instead of illuminating them. It’s all too vague to function effectively as either a commentary on the build-up to the Great War or as the story of a woman looking to find her place in a city predicated on rigid, gender-determined hierarchies. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 5, 2018
With a filmmaker as intelligent and controlled as Nemes, Sunset has the assurance that everything has a place and the confusion is intended. But even this has a paradoxical effect. Read full review
60
VarietyJay WeissbergSep 3, 2018
The chaos is there but without the coherence necessary to balance sensorial turmoil with genuine meaning. Read full review
58
The PlaylistVictor StiffSep 9, 2018
Ultimately, the chilly Sunset recreates a version of 1913 Budapest that crackles with life but lacks spirit and emotional connection. Nemes shows viewers the smoke and then the fire but provides no reason for them to care about the world as it burns. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 26, 2019
Sunset was never going to be a thriller, and the Chekhov comparison is mainly due to the Eastern European theatricality of it all. This unfolds like a memory play on wheels, rolling through the cafe society, simmering political tensions and brave new (automobiles, electricity) world heedless that this world is about to end. Suddenly. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenApr 24, 2019
Nemes’ subjective camera and long takes ironically make the film seem longer and lacking in any narrative substance that equals the filmmaker’s fastidious technical skills. Sunset hopefully gives rise to a new dawn for Nemes. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 5, 2019
Perhaps Nemes was hoping to let the precision of his intricately staged images artfully clash with the absurdity of a chaotic plot. But the result is more tedious than tense. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineBen LambertMar 17, 2019
László Nemes’s follow-up to Son of Saul simply feels like two films awkwardly affixed to one another. Read full review
40
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMar 23, 2019
Nemes wants to let the chaos and noise of Sunset overwhelm the audience, but like Irisz herself, it’s hard not to get a bit lost in the clamor. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 21, 2019
While Nemes’s near-subjective technique can generate genuine tension, it more often yields anxious tedium. Read full review
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