Sundown

Name: Sundown
Genre: Drama
Released: January 28, 2022
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Albertine Kotting McMillan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Henry Goodman, Iazua Larios, James Tarpey

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Bleecker Street | Release Date: January 28, 2022 | R

Starring: Albertine Kotting McMillan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Henry Goodman, Iazua Larios, James Tarpey, Monica del Carmen, Samuel Bottomley, Tim Roth

Summary: Neil and Alice Bennett (Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico with younger members Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan) until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.

Director: Michel Franco

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 83 min

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Mick LaSalle

Jan 31, 2022

It’s an inward-looking film that seems to be saying something about life. Whatever it’s saying — and it’s not clear that it’s saying anything specific — it connects. It’s not just another good movie. Somehow, it all adds up as something more important. Read full review

Chris Evangelista

Sep 15, 2021

The genius of Sundown is how little it tells us while keeping us glued to what we're seeing. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 27, 2022

In one sense, Sundown is a bleak window into the corrosive effect wealth and privilege have on relationships and the psyche, and even with a final reveal that fills in some of why Neil is the way he is, it still doesn’t feel that explanatory. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing for this taut, confidently unsettling film. Read full review

The Playlist Carlos Aguilar

Sep 6, 2021

Sundown doesn’t subvert what we’ve come to expect from Franco’s work, but it is still a distinctively cerebral rumination. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Sep 13, 2021

The result is an introspective character study caught against a gorgeous yet volatile backdrop. While I personally believe the payoff is worth the journey, however, I wouldn’t begrudge others for feeling as though they’ve been jerked around. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jan 28, 2022

Is it a compliment or a slam to say that "Sundown" could be the saddest "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode ever? Read full review

David Rooney

Sep 7, 2021

As a character study of a man with good reason to wean himself off the very basic human instinct of hope and teach himself, even at some personal cost, to care for no one and nothing, Sundown gains texture from its stark setting in a seaside playground stained with blood. But of all the director’s films to date, this might be the most airless. Read full review

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moviemitch96

Feb 5, 2022

This slow-burn thriller sees a man (Tim Roth) enjoying a vacation in Acapulco, Mexico with his sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her two children until she receives a devastating phone call that sets into motion a plan of his to get even with her and her family business financially. WhileThis slow-burn thriller sees a man (Tim Roth) enjoying a vacation in Acapulco, Mexico with his sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her two children until she receives a devastating phone call that sets into motion a plan of his to get even with her and her family business financially. While there's not a whole lot in the way of tension here, this is compensated with very calculated and deliberate performances from both Roth and Gainsbourg, as well as a general lack of knowledge or information on what's going to happen next. Context is minimal and only hinted at throughout, further creating a sense of uncertainty, but this may also prove frustrating for some viewers. And at a brisk and sleek hour and twenty-three minutes, it also felt as though it ended a little soon and abruptly. But overall, a persistent sense of dread, along with fine performances from Roth and Gainsbourg keep this film afloat and intriguing enough while it lasts.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Feb 18, 2022

In his last film, Michel Franco was accused in his own country of being classist, and instead of giving an elaborated response his first instinct was to react offended. So it's hilarious to see that in his new film one of his themes is that poverty provokes an unpleasant and violent responseIn his last film, Michel Franco was accused in his own country of being classist, and instead of giving an elaborated response his first instinct was to react offended. So it's hilarious to see that in his new film one of his themes is that poverty provokes an unpleasant and violent response in those who suffer from it. One of the things he was accused of exploiting after the release of New Order. But as tends to happen with Franco, he prefers to use bait with his viewers, trying to drag out a narrative without a clear context, until it gets to the point where you can't escape tedium when he doesn't really provide anything substantial for his main character. Therefore the viewer is left fully aware that there's something being withheld in terms of information in the narrative, however by the point the twist gets cleared, I was already quite uninterested, and its closure only reaffirms to me why I think Franco is such an overrated director, and boy do I hate saying that word.… Expand

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