The Eight Mountains
Janus Films | Release Date: April 28, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireYasmin OmarMay 12, 2023
This beautifully shot drama transforms an Italian summer of fraternal love into a delicate, decades-spanning exploration of friendship. It’s overlong, and overfamiliar, but remains a nuanced dual character study. Read full review
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Screen RantGraeme GuttmannMay 4, 2023
It's a film that sneaks up on its audience, revealing layers to friendship and other intimate relationships that otherwise would not be parsed through if there wasn't the time. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 24, 2022
It’s a pleasurable enough watch — nicely acted and with a gentle rhythm tuned to the main characters’ searching paths as they drift in and out of each other’s lives over 30 years — though ultimately, it lacks weight. Read full review
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The Film StageJose SolísFeb 3, 2023
Whatever its pictorial beauty, often significant, this adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s bestseller exemplifies my distaste for films that depict toxic masculinity without questioning it, or even suggesting there is nothing heroic or brave about refusing to leave behind damaging practices as long as they perpetuate some limited idea of what constitutes manhood. Read full review
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The New YorkerRichard BrodyMay 3, 2023
The filmmakers’ self-imposition of a pristinely clean aesthetic results in the kind of emptied, tranquillized, minutely calibrated experience that’s no less a matter of fan service than the latest installment of comic-book I.P., and offers no more meaningful a view of life. Read full review
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