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Onlookers

Summary Onlookers offers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country's dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and at times disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and ...

Directed By: Kimi Takesue

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • 1 h 12 m
  • 2024
  • 1 h 12 m

Onlookers

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary Onlookers offers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country's dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and at times disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and ...

Directed By: Kimi Takesue

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70
Feb 15, 2024
Onlookers is a novel exercise in audio and visual presentation. Natural light, loads of wild sound, and the environment of Laos are presented plainly with zero artifices or embellishments. If you’re looking for a new kind of travel film, this is for you.
By Benjamin Franz FULL REVIEW
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Feb 16, 2024
On its surface, “Onlookers” is a movie that can be described very simply. For about an hour and twenty minutes, a series of very neatly composed shots depict natives of Laos and tourists observing a variety of sights and sites.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
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Feb 15, 2024
Onlookers lacks specificity in its execution, making for a plodding experience across a short runtime.
By C.J. Prince FULL REVIEW
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Feb 15, 2024
This is a concept in search of a movie, and an academic exercise that doesn’t give observers much to work with.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kimikat Productions
Release Date Feb 16, 2024
Duration 1 h 12 m
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Website http://www.onlookersfilm.com/
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Awards

Slamdance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinéma du Réel
• 1 Nomination
Krakow Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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