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Faust

2011

Aleksandr Sokúrov

Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla ...

6.4

1,301

Drama. Fantasy Set in the 19th century, it is a free interpretation of the Faust legend and its literary adaptations by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Thomas Mann. The dialogue is in German.

	Media	Author	Review
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The movie expands in its frame, surpassing simple comprehension and continuing to grow in your mind (...) long after it's over."
		Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Taking highbrow to the edge of slapstick, Sokurov’s idiosyncratic adaptation of Goethe’s Faust will intrigue some and turn off others (...) audiences with no prior knowledge of the story are likely to be lost"
		Jay Weissberg Variety	"Sokurov brings his singular vision to 'Faust', though it's difficult to categorize the accomplishment (...) The idiosyncratic helmer adds his own spin on the classic legend"
		Godfrey Cheshire rogerebert.com	"Compared to many Sokurov films, this one has an enlivening paradoxicality: it's morbid but upbeat, grim yet rapturous (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Nikola Grozdanovic IndieWire	"The acting from the principal actors is impressive (...) [It produces a] mixture of confusion and amazement"
		Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"A morbid, mightily uninvolving piece (...) An ugly and remote tale"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"Sokurov is totally confident in his style, tone, dialogue, and ideas. But I don’t understand why he bothers to speak if he doesn’t care about being understood."
		Bill Weber Slant	"Though its ballast of jokes and spectacle are formidable, it often lurches about at a remote, enigmatic distance (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

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