Eldorado Reviews

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they're not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian landscape rather than some Hollywood Shangri-La.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

A clutter of unwelcome quirks and left-field developments.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Eldorado was named best European film in the directors' fortnight last year at Cannes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Avoids a formulaic ending, reflecting instead on the impermanence of human connections and the inescapable baggage of the self.

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Has a somewhat witty and absurdly funny first half, but, at midpoint, it loses its dry humor and abruptly turns darker and feels too rushed, dull and contrived.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.85/10

One could only hope to find such succulence in austerity. Credit the bold helmer and the lead actor Bouli Lanners for having the courage to put himself into the minefield of acting and directing. He is superb at both.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Eldorado is fueled by the chemistry between Lanners and Adde. They're so good together, they should make a sequel.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

A road movie that poignantly juggles absurdism and melancholy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5

Small but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy.

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Lanners's preference for po-faced Continental quirk eventually wears out its welcome.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/6

Lanners's film is smart and confident enough to acknowledge that certain lives are dead ends, while others get tired of just spinning their wheels.

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What ultimately prevents Eldorado from generating any serious comedic energy is absurdity ... that feels unduly strained and limp.

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If there's one thing the movie-going public is ready, willing, and able to suspend their disbelief toward, it's a contrived excuse for a filmic road trip.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

This slight, road-trip of a movie could qualify as the Belgium Tourist Office's anti-product-placement picture of the year.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5