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EO

The 100 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022

2022

Jerzy Skolimowski

Sandra Drzymalska, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Isabelle Huppert ...

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Drama Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"A damning polemic on our relationship to other intelligent species as seen through the dewy, wide eyes of a donkey whom we come to adore."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Life is seen through the eyes of a put-upon beast of burden in this beautifully photographed homage to 'Au Hasard Balthazar' (...) I’m not sure this is my favourite Skolimowski film, but it is engaging (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"'EO' takes a simple premise to unexpected places that are sometimes surreal, sometimes operatic, and in the film’s stylistic dynamism, sometimes downright Kubrickian."
		Mark Jenkins The Washington Post	"[It] captures the beauty of the world and the cruelty of humankind (...) The director is still an assured and audacious filmmaker (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ben Croll The Wrap	"A through-and-through exercice de style as the French would put it, “EO” has plenty on its mind and nothing much to say"
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite a shred of story that’s told episodically, 'EO' can be an engrossing experience. This is in a large part due to the stunning, immersive photography of Mychal Dymek"
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"[It] feels freed of plot, free of expectation, driven only by the need to honor its own internal, poetic drive (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Deadline	"It may be impossible for a human to truly imagine the mindset of a donkey, but veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski for the most part does a very engaging job"
		Adam Solomons IndieWire	"In Bresson's version, it's the humans around the donkey who are the true center of the story. Not so in 'EO' .This is Donkeyvision, and we're better off for it"
		Ben Kenigsberg rogerebert.com	"Extravagant praise, vicious dismissals, and wildly different interpretations all seem like possibilities with this film. With apologies to Bresson, it's real cinema"
		Luke Hicks Paste Magazine	"Skolimowski is a filmmaking wizard that knows how to get your attention with creativity and empathy alone"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"Very fun-natured, actually quite unpretentious film (...) Skolimowski uses cinema to create a non-headset-required virtual-reality experience of another creature's life —an empathy machine, if you will"
		Rory O'Connor The Playlist	"A joyful, experimental, and strangely moving [film] that doesn't always take itself seriously —yet it is nothing if not sincere. There is a sweetness to Skolimowski's approach that takes little away from the impact or the fun"
		Ryan Leston SlashFilm	"Skolimowski may tell EO's story, but he refuses to give him a voice —a deliberate choice that highlights the futility of his plight. EO's fate is in our hands. It's up to us what we do with it"
		Dustin Chang Screen Anarchy	"An immersive, biting allegory"
		K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone	"Jerzy Skolimowski's weird, wonderful and moving tale forces the audience to confront civilization through the eyes of a beast of burden"
		Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"A gorgeous portrait of a donkey, is the movie you've been braying for (...) It's the grace of this movie to extend that communion to the human beings who pass in front of the camera"
		Alejandra Martínez Austin Chronicle	"If the visually inventive nature of the film isn’t enough to entice you, the few human performances in the film are worth seeing, too. Pure, tender cinema is rare nowadays, but 'EO' delivers"
		Alex Godfrey Empire	"A beguiling and often brutal look at the life of a donkey, this hijacks your heart, your mind, your ears and your eyes from start to finish (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Maxwell Rabb Chicago Reader	"Skolimowski's inventive and engrossing film strikes an emotional core and pulls viewers into Eo’s observant eyes"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Soulful and mysterious, this donkey odyssey is an unforgettable experience (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		John Serba Decider	"It is a marvel, a singular vision. You’ll poke holes in it, question it, be immersed in it, and you won’t see anything quite like it for a long time"
		Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"There is something about this film that feels very young, film school-y even, but it's quite inspiring that instead of delivering safer fare, Skolimowski still feels like playing"

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