Sweet Dreams
Dekanalog | Release Date: April 12, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
VarietyJessica KiangJun 10, 2024
It takes place on a sugar plantation, but Ena Sendijarević‘s magnificently composed, eerily satirical Sweet Dreams has something more like acid flowing through its veins. Read full review
80
Screen DailyNeil YoungJun 10, 2024
The sour taste of colonialism is pungently evoked in Sweet Dreams, a largely accomplished second feature by Bosnian-Dutch writer-director Ena Sendijarevic. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWilliam RepassJun 10, 2024
The film captures the putrefaction of colonial rule with a morbid sense of humor. Read full review
67
IndieWireSophie Monks KaufmanJun 10, 2024
Although it succeeds on its own terms in bringing to light the pathetic and exploitative behavior of plantation owners during the final era of Dutch colonialism, it succumbs to the same listlessness as Josefien, lying in bed, covered in mosquito bites, waiting for a climax denied. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJun 10, 2024
Nearly every story point in the film is given to you right away or foreshadowed/telegraphed. What remains is the hows of storytelling and the whys of characterization. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJun 10, 2024
The results aren’t always convincing, with the film’s mannered acting and heightened aesthetics keeping the viewer at arm’s length from any real emotion. But the director also displays a fine sense of craft and a deep understanding of the skewed European attitudes of the period. Read full review
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