Post by kevin on May 21, 2018 20:41:05 GMT
So Cannes 2018 is over. Unfortunately many of the interesting movies didn't premiere, because they weren't finished yet (High Life, The Nightingale, First Man, Peterloo, Sicario 2, Surprisia) or due to the Netflix ban (Roma, The Other Side of the Wind). Nevertheless these are the results in terms of critical reception:
***Shoplifters (Palme d'Or)***
Most acclaimed movie of the festival
A drama movie about a family of small-time crooks that take in a child they find on the street.
Metacritic: 95 (highest rated movie of 2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (9.2 avg)
BlackKklansman (2nd place)
An African-American police officer successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
Metacritic: 75
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% (7.3 avg)
Capernaum (3rd place)
A drama movie about a child who launches a lawsuit against his parents
Metacritic: 69
Rotten Tomatoes: 60% (5.1 avg)
Other highlights
Border
A fantasy movie about a customs officer who develops a strange attraction to the suspect she's investigating.
Metacritic: 75
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (7.5 avg)
3 Faces
A drama movie about three actresses at different stages of their career.
Metacritic: 71
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (7.3 avg)
Arctic
A man stranded in the Arctic tries to survive.
Metacritic: 67
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (7.2 avg)
Ash Is the Purest White
A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.
Metacritic: 77
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (7.6 avg)
Birds of Passage
Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Metacritic: 85
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (10.0 avg)
Burning
Jong-soo, a part-time worker, bumps into Hae-mi while delivering, who used to live in the same neighborhood. A mystery ensues.
Metacritic: 89
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% (9.0 avg)
Climax
Birth and death are explored in one of the most provocative and intense movies ever created.
Metacritic: 85
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% (8.1 avg)
Cold War
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments during the Cold War.
Metacritic: 90
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (8.7 avg)
Girl
Lara is a 15-year-old girl, born in the body of a boy, who dreams to become a ballerina.
Metacritic: 82
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (8.0 avg)
Happy as Lazzaro
A story about a young peasant meeting a nobleman and the big city.
Metacritic: 81
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% (7.5 avg)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.
Metacritic: 90
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% (10.0 avg)
Sauvage
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash.
Metacritic: 85
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% (- avg)
The Wild Pear Tree
Most acclaimed movie of the festival
Sinan is passionate about literature and returns to the village where he was born for inspiration.
Metacritic: 94
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% (9.0 avg)
Woman at War
Halla, the fifties, declares war to the local industry of the aluminum, which disfigures the country.
Metacritic: 80
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% (6.0 avg)
Disappointments
Everybody Knows / 68 MT / 46% RT
Girls of the Sun / 59 MT / 29% RT
The House That Jack Built / 42 MT / 50% RT
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote / 50 MT / 57% RT
Under the Silver Lake / 59 MT / 58% RT
I agree. I listed the disappointments only based on the average review rating, but especially The House That Jack Built & Under the Silver Lake are very interesting and based on the difference between reviews seem similar to mother! People either love it or they hate it.