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Neptune Frost

2021

Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Dorcy Rugamba ...

5.9

Sci-Fi. Musical Neptune Frost is the love story between an African intersex runaway and a coltan miner, and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.

	Author	Review
United States	Tambay Obenson IndieWire	"The curio science-fiction musical is arguably less about a specific story, and is more laudable for its representation of a point of view seldom expressed, and in a manner rarely experienced in cinema."	POS
United States	Jourdain Searles The Hollywood Reporter	"Neptune Frost is an intimidating film, both in scope and pure cinematic power. Directed by Saul Williams, this Afro-futurist science fiction musical is an expansive piece of art"	POS
United States	Alex Billington First Showing	"I honestly think this film is so incredibly ahead of its time that it's hard to even comprehend at this moment"	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"Neptune Frost thrillingly captures the social, economic, political, and material character of a past-, future-, and present-day Rwanda in the age of global communication (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"As dizzyingly inventive as it is frequently incomprehensible"	NEU
United States	Marya E. Gates rogerebert.com	"The filmmakers have crafted a world that feels both part of the greater tradition of Afrofuturism, while also feeling uniquely its own."	POS
Canada	Paolo Kagaoan In The Seats	"What puts this above its predecessors is how approachable it is for an experimental film (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Dustin Chang Screen Anarchy	"Think of it as a spiritual, joyful lo-fi cousin of 'The Matrix' and 'Bacurau'. The message might be the same here, but with more music and dancing. And it still manages to look like a badass cyberpunk film"	POS
United States	Lisa Kennedy Variety	"Striking but perhaps too enigmatic (...) It does not court our understanding, it does not make following easy, but it does whisper to us and spark connections. In that way, it is like a dream: fitful, feverish, promising"	POS
United States	Siddhant Adlakha IGN	"A film with sights and sounds you've never seen or heard, it's an intriguing watch with catchy, energetic numbers, even if it doesn't always land emotionally (...) 'Neptune Frost' [has] immense ideas that never fully coalesce"	NEU
United States	Toussaint Egan Polygon	"A bold, bizarre, and unflinchingly confident debut that prompts its audience to interrogate the very real human costs of the information age through the speculative lens of a both different and similar future to our own"	POS
United States	Valerie Complex Deadline	"Saul Williams has a promising career as a writer-director in this industry as his creative vision and ability to think outside the box are needed to push cinema forward"	POS
United States	Michael Frank The Film Stage	"'Neptune Frost' has a quality of few films: pure, authentic creativity (...) It always has something important to say and a powerful way to say it"	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar The Wrap	"The directors reposition [the cinema]'s lens to center a fresh crop of artistic voices in a mesmerizing battle cry of a film set to the inextinguishable beat of the drums"	POS
United States	Kevin Fox Jr. Paste Magazine	"The poetry of the script, the clarity of the messages, the beauty of the music and the earnestness of the performances combine to make 'Neptune Frost' a powerful film"	POS
United States	Jordan Hoffman AV Club	"'Neptune Frost' [is] more than just the recitation of post-colonial tracts and cool music, [it is] a spirited, one-of-a-kind film worth checking out"	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hoad The Guardian	"An exhilarating Afrofuturist musical battles exploitation (...) A dazzlingly inventive drama (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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