When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
Cinema Guild | Release Date: January 9, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Slant MagazineNick McCarthy Jan 6, 2015
At once a microcosmic expression of frustration and another of auto-critique, When Evening Falls devilishly recalls and riffs on seemingly shapeless conversations between its very small ensemble of characters without succumbing to soporific navel-gazing. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJan 7, 2015
At times, Porumboiu’s mix of repetition and resignation recalls Samuel Beckett, and if the overall result is more of a clever exercise than a proper movie, it’ll still have some dryly amusing appeal for those who appreciate intellectual absurdism. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 8, 2015
[A] dryly funny, enigmatic new work. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijJan 6, 2015
The third feature of Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu that again takes a clichéd-seeming premise and carefully proceeds to turn it on its head through logic, absurd humor and the consumption of vast quantities of cigarettes. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnJan 6, 2015
Metabolism contains enough moments that reward patience to balance off the eventual teetering off of its strengths. Read full review
60
The DissolveScott TobiasJan 6, 2015
For all the formidable intellect that went into its conceit, When Evening Falls On Bucharest has a slightness that isn’t helped much by the weight of the discussion, which occasionally presses it into a flat soufflé. But Porumboiu’s insight into the filmmaking process itself is often fascinating. Read full review
60
VarietyJay WeissbergJan 6, 2015
Porumboiu so carefully intellectualizes every outwardly inconsequential exchange that the picture has no room to breathe, forcing audiences to work hard to catch the sly playfulness and cunning within. Read full review
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