Critic Reviews

• Tom Huddleston, Time Out

  Predictable and tedious, and it all wraps up in an unconvincing would-be emotional climax.

• Cath Clarke, Guardian [UK]

  A topcoat of enforced lyricism creates an emotional soft-focus that is unsatisfying and unconvincing.

• David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]

  Now here's a curio - a film that flits between Wales and Argentina and features a small turn from songstress Duffy. And it's a complete gem.

• Derek Malcolm, This is London

  It is slow-paced, a bit overlong but almost lovingly sympathetic, as if some people's histories have a lot to tell us that we don't know.

• Adam Woodward, Little White Lies

  If previous features My Little Eye, Trauma and Snow Cake belied Evans' filmmaking voice, Patagonia is a loudhailer that announces the Carmarthen son as one of British cinema's most promising talents.

• Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph

  Pallid and fatiguing...

• David Parkinson, Radio Times

  Evans makes fine use of cinematographer Robbie Ryan's contrasting images of the parched pampas and lush valleys, while Lubos's odyssey ends on a poignant note and the insights into identity and belonging are astute.

• Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

  Very spacious, very beautiful, this film is also very vacant.

• Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

  The unconnected stories allow Evans to dwell on past and future, and dwell is what he does.

• Kevin Harley, Total Film

  As conviction slowly croaks, pop star Duffy's cameo drives one last nail into the film's coffin.

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