Critic Reviews

• David Jenkins, Time Out

  Despite its undeniable thematic richness, 'Legacy' marks a slight return for Georgian director Géla Babluani.

• Deborah Young, Variety

  Containing a bare minimum of suspense and excitement, story unspools like a shaggy dog story missing the punchline.

• Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

  A unique road movie telling a dark moralistic ethnic tale of a long-lasting blood feud between two village clans with fatal repercussions.

• Anton Bitel, Film4

  This grimly rewarding film reveals a nation trapped in its own historical legacy, and outsiders unable to understand let alone help.

• Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

  Father and son Georgian filmmakers take an intriguing look at the collision between new and old, east and west in their home country. The film is colourful and almost shockingly vivid, with a refreshingly foreign feel that's thoroughly accessible.

• Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

  The last act, which freewheels towards denouement like a driverless bus.

• David Gritten, Daily Telegraph

  This brilliant premise falls apart in the final act.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  The week's biggest disappointment.

• , Daily Mirror [UK]

  Legacy starts brilliantly and sustains its intensity all the way through but, in the last few minutes, forgets to give us a decent climax.

• Carmen Grey, Total Film

  There's intrigue here, but they're weighed down by the meandering pace and lack of dramatic payoff.

• Rich Phippen, Sky Movies

  Laced with subtle comedy, Legacy is certainly an affectionate, oddball look at the lives of small town Georgians, but the meandering story, and it's surprisingly simple pay off, is not quite satisfying enough to make it all worthwhile.

• Patrick Peters, Empire Magazine

  A Hitchcockian atmosphere conjures up some genuine suspense but it loses points for falling into the realms of melodrama in the final moments.

• Catherine Chambers, BBC

  An air of inevitability punctuates the picture and the lives of the lead characters are under-explored as the directors' focus on tourist ignorance of cultural differences at the expense of any real tension.

• Jay Antani, Boxoffice Magazine

  A deftly blended melange of European styles, from the wide-open vistas reminiscent of Russian cinema to moments of intimate absurdity echoing Antonioni.

• Zack Haddad, Film Threat

  The Legacy shows that simple films can work. The film doesn't need anything too ostentatious or amazing to sell the story.

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