Kinds of Kindness

" This long, scaldingly original film enthralls even as it frustrates, defying conventional logic while presenting an absurdist riff on modern society. It’s never boring, and yet, Lanthimos’ outré sensibility demands a special brand of patience from viewers" 

"It may not be as thematically cohesive on a first watch as some audiences will wish for, but the longer you mull it over the more the pieces of the puzzle begin to fit and the common threads start to emerge" 

"Puzzling, brilliant and, in all honesty, not easy to like. What is this teasingly unfathomable filmmaker telling us? We may never know, any more than we will find out why RMF is a marked man (...) That in itself is more than enough food for thought" 

"[It] is an oversized gift from a delightfully diseased imagination, bracing and quietly assaultive in ways that can get under your skin" 

"Along with the actors’ collective efforts, it stands as another compelling work from an auteur willing to push buttons and make daring choices (...) A deceptively dense piece of work filled with moments that articulate the complexity of the human condition" 

"It can be a bit exhausting (...) but we can feel the director’s excitement. He’s fully back in his sandbox" 

"Instead of joie de vivre, watching 'Kinds of Kindness' requires a certain kind of cinematic patience — and if you do make it through, you might be left wondering, what was it all for?"