Fervently passionate and formally meticulous, the latest stunning coup for a director who's made a career of repurposing archetypal storylines.
100
Time OutKeith Uhlich
Time OutKeith Uhlich
It is the richly evocative performances of Marion (aggressive yet enticing) and Merhar (wearing world-weariness like an aged suit) that cut deepest.
100
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
One of the year's most hypnotic and fascinating films.
100
The Playlist
The Playlist
A marvelous experience for any devoted cinephile.
90
L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
Almayer's Folly is lush and dreamy (if not quite dreamlike), but it never feels unanchored or given to pointless meandering. However hypnotic it at times becomes, this is a sober(ing) endeavor that never strays far from its post-colonial backdrop.
Almayer's Folly is not friendly terrain to traverse; like some sinister version of Proust, it is a prolonged fever dream that ultimately yields madness.