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The Square

2017

Ruben Östlund

Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary ...

6.4

12,155

Comedy. Drama Christian, manager of a contemporary art museum, is responsible for an exhibition called 'The Square', which promotes human and altruistic values.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'The Square' is more outrageous but less effective than 'Force Majeure'. It’s two hours and 22 minutes long, and though it has a strong first half, the more it goes on the less it hangs together"	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A potent, disturbing work that explores the boundaries of political correctness, artistic liberty and free speech in provocative ways"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"Smart, sharp, deliciously uncomfortable (...) 'The Square' is made up of dozens of scenes of such perfect, short-story polish and bite that it almost feels like a vignette anthology rather than a feature."	POS
United States	Barbara Scharres rogerebert.com	"It’s a wicked and sometimes hilarious satire on the world of contemporary art and museums (...) 'The Square' begins to lose focus in it last half hour, and its poignant side didn’t always come fully developed"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This movie really brings some gobsmackingly weird and outrageous spectacle, with moments of pure showstopping freakiness (…) It sets out to make your jaw drop. And it succeeds (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A long, scathing, brilliantly funny film with a jaw-dropping set piece (...) A bold, generous and marvelously constructed exploration of its director’s favorite question: 'Aren’t we humans a sorry lot?'"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'The Square' is almost a great movie, but an even bigger disappointment (...) There’s a wonderful character study lurking within the confines of these vignettes, but Ostlund drifts between them"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"In all its flawed brilliance, 'The Square' remains an original, visceral, uncomfortable and essential viewing experience."	POS

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