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The World to Come

2020

Mona Fastvold

Vanessa Kirby, Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott ...

5.9

776

Western. Drama. Romance Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"A ravishingly beautiful love story (...) I could stare at its dense forest landscapes all day, which is essentially what the film’s characters do (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A hard and brittle period love story that thaws into something much warmer (...) as a merciless 19th-century winter blushes into a most unexpected spring."	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"It’s as simultaneously chilling and warming as a slug of ice-cold vodka, and just as liable to make your mind swim and eyes prick (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jon Frosch The Hollywood Reporter	"An accomplished period romance nearly undone by one glaring flaw (...) The drastic over-reliance on voiceover composed largely of lines lifted from the short story."	NEU
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"A superb quartet of actors bring intense feeling to Mona Fastvold's simple, stirring sophomore feature"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"A beautiful and quiet, seasons-spanning tale of poetry and pining pioneerwomen."	POS
United States	Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"What emerges between Abigail and Tallie (...) is a soulful affair you unambiguously root for. But the film’s strangely wooden timbre reigns over it to overpowering effect (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"[A] beautifully executed and acted drama (...) [It] marks an acting career high for Katherine Waterston"	POS
United Kingdom	Ella Kemp Empire	"Deeply sad and undeniably striking, [it] thrives on its delicate performances and world-building, and the steadfast faith that even tiny pockets of joy can make a life worth living (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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