The Monk and the Gun
critic Reviews
, 94% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Surrounding its poignant insights with a gentle layer of crowd-pleasing comedy, The Monk and the Gun is a timely political satire that underscores the fragility of democracy.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Very funny indeed. It has some thoughts about democracy, and some thoughts about American democracy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It's a charming movie and it wears its ethnography lightly.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRandy MyersSan Jose Mercury News
The Monk and the Gun delivers a gentle caress of a message that’s quietly delivered, but holds power in this volatile American election year.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJocelyn NoveckAssociated Press
Who’ll get the gun? The rest of the plot is best left unspoiled, but you can be sure Dorji finds a way to tie his threads together in a way both comic and biting, both entertaining and provocative.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreManohla DargisNew York Times
Modestly scaled, lightly comic and blithely ingratiating...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMarya E. GatesRogerEbert.com
In a place whose greatest aim is its population’s happiness, Dorji’s "The Monk and the Gun" contemplates whether complete modernization of his country is worth the price of this very happiness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWilliam StottorLoud and Clear Reviews
In The Monk and the Gun, the establishment of one of the youngest democracies in the world is told in satirically amusing and biting ways.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames MarshSouth China Morning Post
The film hums with a charming, grassroots authenticity ... , interweaving a hilarious crime caper with homespun realism that elevates the material far above its occasionally rough technical merits.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFilipe FreitasAlways Good Movies
Dorji’s perspective is bracing, and his film a serene experience.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreHannah BrownJerusalem Post
A political satire with a deep meaning, but the spiritual message behind the story sneaks up on you, or rather, you understand and embrace it gradually, just the way the Bhutanese do the electoral process.
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