The Cut
Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 18, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
9
Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 18, 2015
People are not good or bad in The Cut — they are subject to violent whims, and rarely given fair opportunities to defend themselves. The Cut can therefore be seen as a historical corrective. Read full review
75
Washington PostVanessa H. LarsonOct 29, 2015
Rahim delivers a fairly strong performance. Yet the last third of the film loses some focus and emotional resonance. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 21, 2015
There is little doubt throughout that it’s a work of artistry, grace, and, yes, outrage. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiSep 17, 2015
Atom Egoyan's 2002 "Ararat" had been perhaps the most notable film to tackle the Armenian genocide, but it did so only anecdotally. The historical epic approach seems long overdue, and Akin does it justice. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 15, 2015
Ultimately, the film's wearying qualities pay off both as verisimilitude — you do feel like you've been through something — and as awe-inspiring history, making visceral art out of a global migration. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniOct 15, 2015
Despite its visual beauty and Rahim's extraordinary, and silent, performance, the film never quite manages to connect on an emotional level. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldSep 17, 2015
Too many scenes feel routine or clichéd, sometimes even those depicting extreme experiences. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 12, 2014
A well-behaved and unashamedly populist film, the kind that could be shown in schools and community centres, Akin's The Cut remains an undeniably important film regardless. What it does extremely well is to movingly illustrate a terrible moment in history which has been sadly neglected in the West and actively suppressed in other parts of the world. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 12, 2014
It’s a big, ambitious, continent-spanning piece of work, concerned to show the Armenian horror was absorbed into the bloodstream of immigrant-descended population in the United States, but it is a little simplistic emotionally. Read full review
58
IndieWireKaleem AftabSep 12, 2014
Akin ultimately fails to make the material work, especially in the second half of the film, when it develops into a disappointing adventure story. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNick SchagerSep 17, 2015
The director’s assured tracking shots follow Nazaret through one bustling, disorienting locale after another as he searches for help, family, and relief from his hardship. Yet like the film, they’re ultimately superficial gestures that maintain a detached perspective on their subject, incapable of penetrating his traumatized mind and tormented heart. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineCarson LundSep 14, 2015
Fatih Akin falls back on convenience and contrivance to streamline the thornier specificities of his grand-scale narrative. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijSep 12, 2014
Rahim has a great face but isn’t given enough opportunity to make it clear to audiences what his character is going through beyond the most basic emotions. Read full review
42
The PlaylistJessica KiangSep 12, 2014
The story is bloated and episodic (the film's 2h 18m length doesn't help the pacing), and remarkably unengaging for what should be emotionally epic. Read full review
40
VarietyJay WeissbergSep 12, 2014
The script, co-written by vet Mardik Martin, is pedestrian, and the mise-en-scene, striving hard for a classic Hollywood look, lacks grandeur, notwithstanding impressive location work. Read full review
16
HitfixCatherine BraySep 12, 2014
There isn't a sense in the film of this tragedy as a systematic, organized atrocity affecting millions. Read full review
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