Violet
Ryan Bruce Levey Film Distribution and PR Services | Release Date: May 12, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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90
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMay 11, 2017
[An] evocative and atmospheric feature. Read full review
90
VarietyRonnie ScheibMay 11, 2017
Devos depicts stages of grief not as a series of emotions but as an evolving alchemy of perception that surrounds the protagonist, distorting time, space, color and light in patterns of dislocation, muffling the synapses that connect sounds and images. Read full review
83
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicMay 11, 2017
This is an exquisitely shot suburban tale of trauma, stretching the “show-don’t-tell” golden rule of filmmaking to the furthest reaches. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayMay 11, 2017
Devos's impressive debut bores into the mourning process and its piquant combination of emotional numbness and sensory vulnerability, rigorously avoiding finding an easy way out of this quagmire. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 11, 2017
Violet never progresses. It’s just one long, slow wallow. That said, Devos and cinematographer Nicolas Karakatsanis devise so many striking images that the movie is always a pleasure to watch. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMay 12, 2017
For this viewer, the formal element and the narrative never quite cohered, and I wound up admiring the movie for its ambition while unsatisfied with its achievement. Read full review
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