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Limbo

2020

Ben Sharrock

Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah ...

6.9

299

Drama An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather's oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

	Media	Author	Review
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"The poignancy and low-key desperation of the situation in which the men find themselves is balanced by the film’s warmth and gentle humour"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Ben Sharrock announces himself as a master of atmospheric film-making with this stirring drama (...) This is superlative film-making (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Sharrock’s thoughtful, gentle-natured sophomore film (...) [doesn't lack] ample empathy of its own (...) Any tonal inconsistencies, however, are balanced out by the weight and grace of El-Masry’s performance"
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Sharrock displays a winning flair for small observational detail and minor-key mirth in his warm-hearted second feature, whose deadpan ironic tone invites comparison to Aki Kaurismaki or Jim Jarmusch"
		David Voigt In The Seats	"'Limbo' gives the immigrant experience it’s most human face to date (...) An incredibly honest affair (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"While there’s little disputing Sharrock’s empathy for his dislocated, stranded characters (...) there’s something rather limited about his alteration of dry fish-out-of-water gags and scenes"
		Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"Sharrock takes us into some really heavy territory and yet none of it feels pandering or exploitative"
		David Nusair Reel Film	"The end result is an erratic but generally rewarding little movie that benefits from El-Masry’s compelling work (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A touching rumination on the quest to belong in an empty world (...) Sharrock’s irreverent tone turns Farhad’s journey into a strange and involving one"
		Alex Godfrey Empire	"A film as sweet as it is sad, as pertinent as it is absurd, 'Limbo' is an experience where not much seems to happen but where little things mean the world (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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