The Return

Get Showtimes + Tickets

Critic Reviews

100
Christian Science Monitor
| David Sterritt

Enriched by allusions to biblical stories of fathers, sons, and sacrifices, subtly woven into the movie's moodily photographed fabric. Read full review

100
Chicago Tribune
| Michael Wilmington

The Russian film The Return is a stunning contemporary fable about a divided family in the wilderness - a simple, riveting film that almost achieves greatness. Read full review

100
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Can be interpreted politically or even biblically or not at all, as the elemental struggles between dominance and submission, impulse and action, man and nature, father and son, play out to their stunning conclusion. Read full review

90
The Hollywood Reporter
| Sheri Linden

At once a powerful psychological thriller and a haunting allegory, The Return marks an auspicious feature debut for helmer Andrey Zvyagintsev. Read full review

Read more critic reviews

Offers + More