The Forsaken Land
New Yorker Films | Release Date: June 22, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A stark, lyrical and affecting portrait of war's aftermath. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Sparse of dialogue and plot (think Andrei Tarkovsky), the import - named best first film at Cannes 2005 - has to do with Sri Lanka's unending civil war and it's devastating effect on residents of a barren no man's land. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Mr. Jayasundara studied film in France and has probably watched his share of classic European art cinema. Although his influences may originate closer to home (in interviews he has name dropped the venerated Sri Lankan auteur Lester James Peries), his use of landscape to convey states of mind suggests that he has more than a passing acquaintance with the work of Michelangelo Antonioni. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Beautiful but withholding, The Forsaken Land doesn't offer much in the way of explanation -- the soundtrack features more birdcalls than dialogue -- but the 27-year-old filmmaker's command of film language is evident and his evocation of postwar trauma is haunting. Read full review
70
VarietyJay Weissberg
There's poetry in The Forsaken Land -- not the written kind (there's barely any dialogue) -- but visual poetry replete with still, painterly compositions and finely nuanced lighting. Read full review
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