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The Mountain

2018

Rick Alverson

Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant ...

5.6

277

Drama In 1950s America, an introverted young man joins a renowned lobotomist as he promotes his recently debunked procedure. As their tour of asylums progresses, the young man begins to identify with the patients, among them the daughter of a charismatic leader in the burgeoning New Age movement of the West.

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"[A] beautifully, often inscrutable new film (...) Alverson experiments intriguingly with performance here (...) A stern, stark thesis about our evolving understanding of mental health"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"A shimmeringly surreal work with incredible performances (...) Alverson’s imagining of the 1950s is a fascinatingly subversive contradiction"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A beautiful, challenging, and altogether singular portrait of America’s fractured identity (...) This somber and lyrical achievement is the warmest and most inviting work from [the] director"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"This is a meticulously made movie (...) Alverson’s anti-pleasure sensibility seems visionary to many but I think he’s a tedious prig"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[An] intriguing and perplexing film (...) This is a film with an impressive, sometimes oppressive craft and technique – but it also feels unfinished (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Demetrios Matheou Screendaily	"The entry falls short of expectations, whatever one’s predilection for gloom."	NEG

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