The Mole Agent
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date (Streaming): September 1, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
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5
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireEric KohnSep 2, 2020
The Mole Agent may not look like a documentary, but it builds to a poetic finale enmeshed in emotional authenticity. Read full review
100
The PlaylistJonathan ChristianSep 2, 2020
The Mole Agent is a perfect film. From a technical and emotional viewpoint equally, The Mole Agent possesses no flaws. Yes, as with every documentary, manipulation is openly displayed and validity can always be questioned, but The Mole Agent dissuades any inkling of pessimism or negativity through its unabashed sincerity. Read full review
88
Slant MagazinePat BrownAug 31, 2020
That Maite Alberdi’s camera itself is present in The Mole Agent as a quasi-ethical concern suits the way Sergio, as he shuffles through the home’s hallways, gradually comes to be uncomfortable with his own surveillance. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAllan HunterSep 2, 2020
What begins as a bit of a lark blossoms into a moving reflection on old age and loneliness that should strike a chord across the generations. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 2, 2020
A refreshing, beautifully made documentary set in a nursing home under suspicion of elder neglect, Maite Alberdi's The Mole Agent begins with its tongue in cheek but grows quite moving by its end. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNick AllenSep 1, 2020
For however quaint and sporadically quirky it is, The Mole Agent is an earnest look at old age, and a community full of people just like Sergio. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennySep 2, 2020
The movie’s straddling of the dramatic and the documentary forms is unsettling. Unless you unquestioningly accept its method, this chronicle can look like a glaring invasion of privacy. But the film’s people are moving, and the payoff is compassionate, humane and worth heeding. Read full review
67
The Film StageMatt CipollaSep 2, 2020
The Mole Agent may stumble through some of its choices at first, but it sticks the landing by finding a cogitative dissonance and refusing to solve it. Read full review
60
EmpireNikki BaughanDec 17, 2020
A moving exploration of the realities of growing old, Maite Alberdi’s documentary effectively blends documentary with dramatic elements to charming, if not always transparent, effect. Read full review
60
Film ThreatNoah SchwartzDec 17, 2020
Unfortunately, due to its limited premise, The Mole Agent never goes beyond showing the problem of loneliness. There no solutions, even if viewers like me interpreted some from watching the film. Nevertheless, through a unique premise and an engrossing style, The Mole Agent shines a light on a part of our society that we don’t talk or think about enough. Read full review
60
CineVueChristopher MachellDec 17, 2020
The fear of old age’s erosion of our faculties, our agency and our relevance is a potent, almost paralysing one: the way we perceive and treat our elders invariably reveals something about ourselves. In her charming and off-kilter documentary The Mole Agent, Chilean director Maite Alberdi confronts that fear literally through the eyes of her subject. Read full review
50
VarietyAmy NicholsonSep 2, 2020
Alberdi’s comic-caper approach soon fizzles. Like Sergio, the film is hunting for drama, something to merit the 007 guitar and upright bass riffs of Vincent van Warmerdam’s score. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 10, 2020
Sergio himself has real gentleness and is a lovely character, and there is some amiable comedy about how he is starting to enjoy himself in the home. But he is marooned in a tricksy, gimmicky film. Read full review
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