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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
Martel's sharp observations of the foibles of human nature are expressed perfectly in the telling images of cinematographer Hugo Colace and tight editing of Santiago Ricci. Read full review
As La Ciénaga perspires from the screen, it creates a vision of social malaise that feels paradoxically familiar and new. Read full review
Martel's off-the-cuff candor and intelligent eye for the quietly telling detail charts the progressive rot not only of a family, but of an entire social class. Read full review
There's a new sensibility at work here, wry yet lushly disaffected, and it will be worth watching what Martel does next. Read full review
An atmospheric and cumulatively impressive feature-length debut from Argentine writer-director Lucrecia Martel. Read full review
The triumph of La Cienaga lies in Martel's way of fashioning the kind of ensemble performance that draws us in by convincing us we're watching behavior, not acting. Read full review
It's better to know going in that you're not expected to be able to fit everything together, that you may lose track of some members of the large cast, that it's like attending a family reunion when it's not your family and your hosts are too drunk to introduce you around. Read full review
A fascinating, damning picture of bourgeois boredom that manages to be both epic and intimate at the same time. Read full review
Doesn't necessarily make for a crowdpleasing experience, though it is a provocative and uncomfortably authentic one. Read full review
It sounds churlish to argue that a movie can have too much integrity for its own good, but that's exactly the problem with La Ciénaga. Read full review