The Sower
Film Movement | Release Date: March 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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80
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungFeb 28, 2019
A fundamentally serious film leavened by a streak of deadpan, droll humor, its quality will ensure even greater interest in Ailhaud's memoir in the run-up to its impending centenary. Read full review
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallFeb 28, 2019
If the village’s utter isolation feels unlikely, that’s because The Sower is in one sense a dream, the enactment of a myth that goes back to Ancient Greece and beyond. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelFeb 28, 2019
The great strength of The Sower is that it doesn’t try to do too much. It zooms in on its microcosm with a tender urgency that offers a glimpse of complex humanity without reducing the story to some sort of pithy takeaway. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 8, 2019
The resulting film is so delicately wrought and exquisitely visualized that the harsher, eerier details of Ailhaud’s account stand out all the more strikingly, like a shot of vinegar in a pristine crème caramel. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 24, 2020
A diverting and picturesque romance that will have you dreaming of a French vacation and the lovely sights — human and otherwise — to be seen there. Read full review
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