Rojo
critic Reviews
, 96% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A pitch-black thriller with uncommon wit and sophistication, Rojo tells a story as rich and evocative as the deepest shade of its title color.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Deadpan [and] very funny even though you feel uncomfortable laughing.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEla BittencourtHyperallergic
Dario Grandinetti's riveting performance as the vaguely menacing yet bureaucratic Claudio is a reminder that repulsive or unfathomable characters can be as fascinating as likable ones.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
The film does not serve up its ideas in easily digestible bites. The audience needs to work with a dislocated string of scenes that sometimes highlight absurdity, sometimes violence and frequently say very little at all.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
It's powerful material, deftly delivered.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
Embrace this little masterpiece before it disappears.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
A film in which there's a sharp edge, and the satire and humor don't do anything to take that sharpness off.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreVadim RizovFilmmaker Magazine
It was an impressively fervid work, but nothing about it suggested that, given the opportunity to scale up, Naishtat would take it easy on the audience.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJoanne LaurierWorld Socialist Web Site
The movie's eerie, ominous atmosphere is legitimate, but can't substitute itself for historical concreteness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoseph PompHyperallergic
Rojo pulsates both with the motif of blood and the subtly indelible image of a solar eclipse, when an orb blots out the sun, obscuring all but its deep red edges.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJeff MitchellArt House Film Wire
Director Benjamin Naishtat throws us into a tizzy and then keeps us guessing, when he will lower the cinematic boom.
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