Unrest
Kimstim Films | Release Date: May 5, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
2
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90
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonMay 4, 2023
The film punctures that airless sense of fate which can suffocate period pieces and restores this moment of upheaval to immediacy. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerApr 25, 2023
While the drama never exactly ignites, Schäublin keeps us constantly fascinated with his detailed historical recreations and keen observations on science, manufacturing and technology, and how they weighed upon the souls of workers and owners alike. Read full review
90
VarietyJessica KiangApr 25, 2023
A gorgeously playful oddity glimmering with insight into ideology, photography, cartography, telegraphy, celebrity, solidarity, the flow of capital, the unruliness of time and the somehow noble lunacy of trying to tame such a massive concept into a brass doodad small enough to fit in a waistcoat pocket Read full review
83
The Film StageRory O'ConnorApr 25, 2023
Unrest leaves the mind purring. How did we, you begin wondering, get ourselves into all this? Humans, the film argues, have only ourselves to blame for constructing a system that would eventually imprison us, yet Unrest is not short on levity, and not least in its beautiful closing image or in the energizing sensation it leaves in the nervous system. If a quieter work of agitprop exists, you might struggle to hear it. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMay 19, 2023
There’s a prevailing playfulness to many of the sequences which, like that properly placed unrest wheel, ensures a satisfying balance. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeApr 25, 2023
An investment on the part of the audience is required, to focus in on the characters and to follow the dialogue. It’s not quite as dry as it sounds. There is a subtle humour in this singular approach, but like the dialogue and the drama (such that it is), it is sidelined. Read full review
63
Slant MagazinePat BrownFeb 17, 2022
Cyril Schäublin’s precisely framed snapshot of a microcosm of timekeepers ends up being a bit too, well, mechanical. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloMay 5, 2023
Unrest is an intriguing period piece but a flawed curio that never quite achieves its soul-stirring goals. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 2, 2023
Unrest could have been a lot of things that it’s not — “fascinating,” “illuminating,” “entertaining” and even “inspiring” among them. Instead, we’re treated to engrossing details that never add up to more than watching a second hand labor its way around a clock face. Read full review
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