Zi
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67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
TheWrapChase HutchinsonJan 26, 2026
As shot by his frequent collaborator, the cinematographer Benjamin Loeb, and cut together by Kogonada himself, Zi blurs the lines between tone poem and hangout movie, letting both merge together to become something unexpectedly moving. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 5, 2026
Zi is fascinating, at times even rapturous. Read full review
75
The PlaylistCarlos AguilarJan 26, 2026
For all its entrancing imagery, Zi is ultimately contrived in how the few concrete details of the narrative come together. The result is more experiential than thematically substantial. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJan 26, 2026
If you’re hooked, which I wasn’t, or haunted by it, which I was, that will likely have less to do with an acute emotional connection to these characters than with the overflowing rewards of watching someone rediscover the sound of their own voice, and hear a way forward into the future in its echoes. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeJan 26, 2026
If the film weren’t so arresting to look at, it could often be absorbed with eyes closed: If its larger message is elusive, Zi advocates for taking the world in at your own sensory pace. Read full review
67
The Film StageJordan RaupFeb 5, 2026
While not fully engaging on a narrative level, the project at least demonstrates Kogonada hasn’t lost his filmmaking mojo, crafting a movie that may seem more personal to him than most viewers. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonJan 26, 2026
Consistently intriguing and filled with tender interludes, this elliptical drama is the filmmaker’s most experimental work – although it frustrates as much as it enraptures. Read full review
50
ColliderRoss BonaimeFeb 6, 2026
Even though zi isn’t quite the powerhouse of independent cinema that films like Columbus and After Yang were, it does feel like the work that Kogonada needed to do in order to right his sails and figure out where to go next. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJan 26, 2026
The customary warmth and gentleness of Kogonada’s approach and the corresponding delicacy of the three actors makes you keep wishing Zi would build more substance, more lingering poignancy instead of wafting along on its cloud of melancholy with characters that lack dimension. But it only acquires life intermittently. Read full review
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