Monos
critic Reviews
, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- As visually splendid as it is thought-provoking, Monos takes an unsettling look at human nature whose grim insights leave a lingering impact.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSandra HallSydney Morning Herald
It's clear from the start that Landes is out to make a tragedy about innocence lost and the wickedness of political movements that rule by remote control with the capriciousness of Greek gods. He's succeeded brilliantly.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDavid StrattonThe Australian
There are allusions to William Golding's Lord of the Flies, but that fine novel, and Peter Brook's 1962 screen adaptation, though also elliptical, provided far more satisfying drama than Landes somewhat frustrating epic...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTara BradyIrish Times
There's something ... of Werner Herzog's Aguirre, Wrath of God in Colombian director Alejandro Landes's surreal, wildly beautiful third feature.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRoxana HadadiPajiba
Narrative details of Monos are opaque; instead, the film focuses on the shifting power dynamics of this adolescent group, playing out like a fusion of Lord of the Flies and Apocalypse Now.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
The performances from the young cast are vivid and utterly credible, yet the conspicuously metaphorical nature of the context eventually becomes wearisome.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid SextonLondon Evening Standard
Monos is gorgeous, but it is also lucid as hell. And it all happens at lightning speed.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTaylor BakerDrink in the Movies
Overly vague and distant, though it leaves memorable impressions with a handful of moments.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAndrew GaudionVultureHound
Nerve-shredding in its intensity, but utterly captivating, Monos is an exhilarating climb to the top of the Colombian mountains, and a breathless tumble back down to the jungles below.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreYasser MedinaCinefilia
The visual style constantly reminds me of the aesthetic similarities it shares with Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now', portraying the darkness of the human being in the heart of a Colombian jungle. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLuke GoodsellThe Monthly (Australia)
The fresh thrill of chaos -- of teenage abandon bearing down on a broken system -- courses through this dreamy, violent third feature from Colombian-Ecuadorian writer-director Alejandro Landes.
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