Critics admire the film’s precisely proportioned form and the humor and beauty born of minimal gestures.
Aki Kaurismäki directed film Dead leaves has received a very positive reception in the US media. The film premiered in the US on Friday.
Collecting movie reviews Rotten Tomatoes according to the website Dead leaves has received exclusively positive reviews this weekend.
Many reviews emphasize how the film is an unusual love story, where there is also a lot of humor alongside melakolia and harsh realism.
of The New York Times in Kaurismäki’s opinion, it gives the viewer space to discover the story’s characters and fall in love with them.
The magazine according to “despite the uncertainty and violence of this world, which can isolate people from each other and from themselves, he gently draws them together”.
Rogerebert.com in the website’s assessment Dead leaves gets four out of five stars. According to the assessment, the key to the film’s sophisticated emotionality is in a solid form.
“Each picture has a meaning, and they fulfill their purpose. The acting is measured and restrained.”
Timen Kaurismäki opens the viewer’s eyes again to things that go unnoticed, such as colors, animal companions and hard-won love. The review reminds us how great dogs have been a feature in Kaurismäki’s films before.
“Kaurismäki does magic by underestimating, especially In dead leaveswhich is perhaps his best film,” the magazine writes.
Of pettiness strength is also emphasized Collider– in the website’s assessment, according to which “subtly but resolutely assembled pieces create one of the most beautiful final shots you could hope for”.
Dead leaves premiered in Finland in September. It has received good reviews as well in Sweden and in Germany. In Britain and Ireland, the film will be released in theaters at the beginning of December.
Last spring at the Cannes Film Festival Dead leaves received the jury award, which is considered the third most important award of the festival. International critic organization Fipresci chose Dead leaves in August as the best film of the year.
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