The Lost City of Z

"A rare piece of contemporary classical cinema (...) ['The Lost City of Z'] honors the spirit of physical risk, intellectual curiosity, individual daring and self-sacrifice required to explore the unknown" 

"A finely crafted, elegantly shot, sharply sincere movie that is more absorbing than powerful (...) 'The Lost City of Z' is destined to be hailed as another prestige addition to the Gray canon" 

"James Gray taps into deeper levels of artistry with this stirring look at the travels of early-20th-century explorer Percival Fawcett (...) 'The Lost City of Z' is a movie about the glory of perseverance, not the cost of it" 

"A beautifully old-Fashioned adventure (...) James Gray returns with his most ambitious film to date" 

"The grandeur of this movie is off the charts. For a certain kind of old-school movie fan, someone who believes in shapely, classical proportions and an epic yarn told over time, it will be the revelation of the year. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Transporting and profound, 'The Lost City of Z' is an instant classic. (...) In context, it’s one of the most acute and overpowering expressions of fatherhood on film I’ve ever seen. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"'Lost City' is the acme of a 21st century prestige picture (...) Sadly, however, it is one that is also deeply flawed (...) Gray’s most ambitious movie yet is marred by a story arc that fails to rise or reach a climax" 

"The film escapes the net of the evil European/noble savage dialectic (...) Gray’s script swerves away from the expected tropes of determined madness in the jungle (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"