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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe movie, wry and melancholy, doesn't linger over its artistry.
- 90VarietyAlissa SimonVarietyAlissa SimonAs Hakonarson’s beautifully modulated film progresses, recurring images contrast and poignantly resonate with meaning.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterRams may sound bleak and unforgiving but it has a generous spirit and wit that make it entirely accessible.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyHakonarson observes all this with the practiced eye of a good documentarian but, in the compositions, the rigorous timing of the editing and the performances of the two leads, he lifts the material beyond the observational to a modestly accomplished work that not only neatly observes an obscure lifestyle but brings to life a most peculiar sibling relationship.
- 80CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleRams is a truly remarkable, eccentric work.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonSwitching from dour humour to humanist drama without seeming contrived, this is a masterclass in combining character and landscape that is played with deceptive poignancy by the excellent leads.
- 80Time Out LondonTime Out LondonThis low-key charmer of a movie packs an unexpected emotional punch once the brothers finally manage a rapprochement of sorts.
- 75The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangWhen it reveals its true colors late on, as less of an examination of a rarefied lifestyle and more of an ancient story of brotherhood broken and remade, the cumulative power of all those observed moments comes through.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenEvery moment in writer-director Grímur Hákonarson's strange and wonderful film is imbued with mystery and revealing dignity.
- Rams is as curiously captivating as the bleak landscape in which the two protagonists site themselves.