The Green Fog
Balcony Releasing | Release Date: January 4, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Screen DailyDemetrios MatheouFeb 21, 2018
A dazzling, studious exercise in found footage excavation and reconfiguration, laced with tongue in cheek. Read full review
83
The PlaylistJosh HammFeb 16, 2018
Vacillating between a playful comedy and a brooding melodrama, it’s a wonderful example of how one can work within the confines of homage yet emerge with a unique work in its own right. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMar 26, 2018
It is, in effect, a scrambled history of San Francisco told through moving pictures, a record of the social and architectural changes the city has endured over more than a century. Read full review
80
CineVuePatrick GambleFeb 21, 2018
The Green Fog is part city symphony, part playful tribute; but primarily an example of pure, unadulterated cinematic delirium. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveyJan 18, 2018
If this hour-long collage might fairly be summed up as little more than an inspired goof, of primary interest to cineastes, it’s nonetheless one whose giddy fun will hold up for such an audience through repeat viewings. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 8, 2018
Even working with some of the most mainstream ingredients one could possibly find (including, in a funny moment, an NSYNC video) and one of the most familiar settings on earth, Guy Maddin knows how to make things strange. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 4, 2018
They get at the essence of Vertigo, haunting us via ghostly transmissions. Read full review
80
Village VoiceBilge EbiriJan 4, 2018
It’s not so much an assemblage as it is a conjuring. You don’t just watch these clips — you see through and between them. The juxtapositions create vital, cosmic connections. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 18, 2018
The Green Fog is a cinephile’s mash note — and a glimpse of the beautiful film library of Babel that lives in Guy Maddin’s head. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 4, 2018
As a chronicle of how San Francisco has changed over the years — and as a salute to the city’s role as a back lot for masters like Erich von Stroheim and Howard Hawks — The Green Fog is a wonder of excavation and urban history. What it says about Hitchcock is more ambiguous. Read full review
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