The Search
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37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyMar 12, 2015
The French director’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning silent movie comedy, "The Artist," is everything "The Artist" was not: long, unoriginal and heavy-handed. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnMay 25, 2014
The Search lacks the the credible emotions of the original and never assembles a convincing reason for its existence. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 25, 2014
The result is vivid when focusing on those directly involved in the war but laborious when devoted to the fretful hand-wringing of do-gooder outsider characters, which is a lot of the time. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 25, 2014
Hazanavicius has confused sobriety with impact, and mulched down all the stories you might want to tell about Chechnya into a generic, undermotivated wallow. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin ChangMay 25, 2014
Intermittently stirring and undeniably well made as it slowly unspools a multi-pronged drama set during the 1999 outbreak of the Second Chechen War, the picture has run-of-the-mill pacing and storytelling lapses that are compounded by its ultimately hectoring, didactic approach. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 25, 2014
It could be that Hazanavicius wanted, once again, to channel some of that Old Hollywood big-hearted sincerity — just as he did with his silent-movie triumph The Artist. But the outcome here is naive and misjudged. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 25, 2014
There's no doubting Hazanavicius' sincerity in trying to bring the Chechen conflict, the war crimes committed against the civilian community and the indifference of the international community to light, but it's this righteousness that gets in the way of The Search working as a film first and foremost. Read full review
25
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonMay 25, 2014
One can’t fault Hazanavicius’ motivations too much, especially given the lack of attention given to the events in Chechnya over the past fifteen years... It’s just a shame that he does it such a banal and trite way. Read full review
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