The Eight Mountains

Janus Films | Release Date: April 28, 2023

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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clem666Jun 5, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If the summary really feels one-dimensional and predictable, 'The Eight Mountains' somehow manages not to be so. Well at least than expected. I mean making two men grow that are separated by the worlds they live in is already seen and reviewed again and again.

The movie showcases marvelous images and shots. The lighting is outstanding, the colours too. The entire film is polished, pampered and refined. Characters are endearing, we feel close to them but oh my... How shallow is this friendship? Is a man's death (which we, as viewers, neither know nor feel) really the only thing that motivates them to stay attached? I cant' deny the scenario to be captivating and kind of mysterious however. The plot ends up being quite compelling too. But at what price? Hours to be passed and meaningless scenes... To me 'The Eight Mountains' lacked in gripping storytelling and precise events.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariApr 30, 2023

(Mauro Lanari)
"We denounce a conflict of disinterest" (Mariarosa Mancuso): at Cannes in 2022 the jury prize was jointly awarded to this film and to "Eo" in the name of the the deep ecology that combines environmentalism, animalism, and(Mauro Lanari)
"We denounce a conflict of disinterest" (Mariarosa Mancuso): at Cannes in 2022 the jury prize was jointly awarded to this film and to "Eo" in the name of the the deep ecology that combines environmentalism, animalism, and animism. Landscaped buddy movie "too much spoken despite the silences (Marinelli's narrating voice moves in the wake of the narrative junctions)" (Enrico Azzano), directed by "Van Groeningen and Vandermeersch, husband and wife, expression of an anonymous yet refined European cinema" (Roberto Manassero), it shares with Skolimowski (and Bresson) the repudiation of what has been elaborated by philosophy, biblical and otherwise: the malignant Absolute Spirit of the last Hegel, the cosmic negativity of Schopenhauer, Leopardi's stepmother nature, the evil that precedes the human being in universal existence according to Ricœur. "Namaste".… Expand

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