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The Lost City of Z

2016

James Gray

Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson ...

5.9

14,344

Adventure. Drama In 1925, explorer Percy Fawcett headed into the depths of the Amazon jungles in Brazil. Fawcett was there to map the jungle and, hobbled by malaria, he discovered a mythical city he called Z. Scorned by peers who claimed that this ancient kingdom was a fraud, Fawcett headed back into the jungle with his son, braving the dangers of disease, insects, snakes, poison darts and other hazards to reinforce his discovery. None of them were ever ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"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)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"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)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"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"	POS
United Kingdom	Graham Fuller Screendaily	"'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"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"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"	POS
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"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"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A beautifully old-Fashioned adventure (...) James Gray returns with his most ambitious film to date"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"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)"	POS

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