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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallFor those prepared to invest the time, One Floor Below quietly builds into a devastating portrait of a weak man and the weak society he represents, both of which have lost their moral compasses.
- 80VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergLike a pot set to bubble only every few seconds, the drama is tightly measured to ensure a controlled level of tension that remains discreetly constant, nicely melding with Muntean’s skilled construction of three-dimensional bourgeois life.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinA very fine if not exactly groundbreaking film about, as the title hints, perspective and distance.
- 60The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThis is detached, flat film-making at its most bare. You figure out which lines of dialogue deserve to be underlined.
- 60CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonTo suggest that One Floor Below operates at a simmer would be to exaggerate the level of heat being applied to the pot. This is one that Muntean is happy to let bubble intermittently, cranking the tension around on a scarcely-moving winch.
- 50The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangMuntean is so careful to avoid any whisper of contrivance or manipulation that he doesn't even land on any particular conclusion or moral.