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Tropical Malady

Sud pralad (Tropical Malady)

2004

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Sirivech Jareonchon, Udom Promma

6.7

1,436

Drama. Fantasy 'Tropical Malady' explores the passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The film is divided in two parts. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] is a sort of film - a rare sort - that has you leaving the cinema in a light-headed daze, pointing back at the exit and asking the person you're with: 'What just happened in there?' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Weerasethakul brilliantly juxtaposes natural and supernatural, real and mythical, modern and ancient, and draws out fascinating parallels between the two stories (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Deborah Young Variety	"Pic will find its admirers, but its loosely connected scenes will sorely try the patience of most viewers."	NEU
United States	The New York Times	"[It] shows a young filmmaker pushing at the limits of cinematic narrative with grace and a certain amount of puckish willfulness."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Brunette Screendaily	"While always gorgeously photographed, and at times haunting and even profound, the film simply does not work on either a dramatic or emotional level."	NEU
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"'Tropical Malady' intersects eros with cultural traditions, heralding the thrill of the chase and asserting that the deepest romances are not sexual but spiritual in nature (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"[A] beguiling, transfixing romantic fable (...) A simple, transcendent love story about a relationship so full of feeling that it breaks from the human world and enters a mythical plane."	POS
United States	Patrick Z. McGavin Chicago Reader	"Viewers open to a new way of imagining film are sure to be enthralled by this singular young voice"	POS

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