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35 Shots of Rum (2009)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:38
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: This slow-moving French family drama is rich, complex, subtle and emotionally eloquent.
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Sep 16, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: “The warmth radiating from 35 Shots of Rum, smoother than the finest liquor, reminds viewers how rarely movies capture the easygoing love embodied in a functional family, with all its support and... [More]
Starring: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Gregoire Colin
Director: Claire Denis
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Reviews for 35 Shots of Rum
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Gazes wisely and humanely on our collective need to love, be loved, and ultimately let go. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Don't miss this one. Full Review |
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4/4 |
35 Shots of Rum is visual poetry, but poetry that examines the human condition with insight and illumination. Full Review |
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Bittersweet. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
I liked these characters, and suddenly not having them in my life anymore, simply because Denis has decided to start the closing credits, devastated me. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Understated, beautifully acted, and with an exacting soundtrack, 35 Shots of Rum goes down easily but packs a subtle kick. Full Review |
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5/5 |
One of the best films of the year. Full Review |
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Several sequences have little to no dialogue but give us a rich, ambivalent view of the characters and their feelings ... . It's a directorial risk that pays off with an indelible experience. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Claire Denis returns with a relatively simpler, more narrative-based feature, though without sacrificing any of her unique flow. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Denis -- who has called the film a tribute to the great Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu -- keeps dialogue to a minimum as she delicately examines how immigration is changing the face of France. Full Review |
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4/5 |
35 Shots of Rum is a quiet and lovely new film by the French director Claire Denis. Full Review |
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French director Claire Denis is one of the most magical filmmakers in the world. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Perhaps as a result of channeling Ozu, Denis's incipient humanism comes through more directly than in her existentially forbidding The Intruder or even her acclaimed, baroque Herman Melville remix Beau Travail. Full Review |
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5/5 |
To fall in love with it, viewers only have to be receptive to a movie that examines the ties that bind with grace, wit and depth. Full Review |
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Precisely, rigorously, technically, 35 Shots of Rum is a masterpiece. Full Review |
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The most adult film of the year. Full Review |
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4/5 |
This deep devotion to physicality and wordless expression has been part of Denis' repertoire for some time but it has never been so soulful and seductive. Full Review |
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A- |
Depicts everyday details and conveys overarching emotional upheavals with a compassion and gentleness that's quietly devastating. Full Review |
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All families do face life changes: children grow up, parents grow old, desire waxes and wanes. I've rarely seen a film which captures the joy and sadness so well. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The smallest detail is given due weight, and we feel we begin to know these people. The cast seldom puts a foot wrong. Denis has never made a more resonant film. Full Review |
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