Carmen

critic Reviews

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    Noel MurrayLos Angeles Times
    Natascha McElhone is a wonder in writer-director Valerie Buhagiar’s charming dramedy “Carmen,” a film about a long-overlooked woman who finally comes out of her shell and puts a lifetime of silent observations to use.
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    Marjorie BaumgartenAustin Chronicle
    The final warm embrace of the people who had previously scorned Carmen wraps the film in a feel-good ending that rewards the viewer’s concern for her general welfare and erases the sting of the repressive and patriarchal customs.
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    Teo BugbeeNew York Times
    In a movie where the central theme is a divorce from orthodoxy, the writer and director Valerie Buhagiar makes the wise decision to orient her film toward what’s pleasurable rather than what’s logical.
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    Marya E. GatesCool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)
    Star Natascha McElhone is as beguiling as ever, though the tone of the film is very understated
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    Nuha HassanNuha Hassan
    Carmen is a delight. There’s humour and sadness, all piled together into this memorable movie that speaks volumes of how a woman’s life.
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    Ruth MaramisFlixChatter Film Blog
    McElhone is a delight to watch, able to balance the poignant and comedic elements seamlessly. It's an uplifting celebration of a woman finally finding her voice.
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    Tina KakadelisBeyond the Cinerama Dome
    Carmen is joyous. Despite its setting in a small Mediterranean town in the 1980s, the film feels like it’s a response to the lifestyle upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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    Ray PrideNewcity
    Britell’s score soars, selling much of the deeply eccentric performance and visual style in lush, peculiar fever dream. Fine arts photography meets Malick meets stylized choreography: the world is a dance, we are all observers but we are all also dancers.
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    Dennis Harvey48 Hills
    A picturesque ugly-duckling-to-swan tale...
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    Dennis SchwartzDennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
    I choose to overlook its obvious flaws, as I was enjoying how the church was getting pay back for its past indulgences.
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