4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)
96 %
Reviews Counted: 114 Fresh: 110 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Consensus:
Featuring gut-wrenching performances from Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu, 4 Months is a gripping portrayal of life in Communist Romania.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 25, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $875,257
Synopsis: NEW YORK PREMIERE AT NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2007 (Limited) On the heels of Cristi Puiu’s brilliant THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU comes another outstanding picture, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, which firmly establishes Romania as a major force in early 21st-century world cinema. Winner of... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Vlad Ivanov, Laura Vasilu
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Reviews
If you love slow moving character studies with a provocative subject matter, then go see this right now.
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07/22/08
A keenly observed and ferociously realistic somber political drama about an illegal abortion in the Romania of 1987.
05/03/08
Like another recent streetwise Cannes prize winner, the Belgian film L'Enfant, it is stripped of sentimentality and pretense. It is visually static, glacially paced and dramatically unvarnished.
04/11/08
This is a low, slow whistle film. Just wow. Gripping. Emotionally honest. Frustrating, too. Sad. Not one many pro-lifers would enjoy although the message coming at me loud and clear was 'nothing is worth going through that!'
04/03/08
I'm glad I saw it, even though I can't imagine ever wanting to see it again.
04/02/08
...a stark bleak testimony to friendship and the indomitability of the human spirit.
03/28/08
It's a hard film to watch, especially if you know where it goes--I had to brace myself to see it a second time. But it's an important film, one of great feeling. It even works as a thriller.
03/20/08
(Cristian) Mungiu creates great screen tension when he introduces the black-market abortionist.
03/18/08
Top Critic
Writer-director Cristian Mungiu uses long, naturalistic shots and creates a credibly grimy atmosphere to depict life in the dying regime.
03/14/08
It’s an astonishing piece, and Cristian Mungiu establishes himself as a world-class director.
03/14/08
Un drama austero, que puede resultar en una experiencia tensa, agobiante y hasta repulsiva, acerca de un tema polémico sobre el cual la película evita tomar partido.
03/13/08
The riveting second half rewards your patience and tolerance for emotional pain.
03/02/08
There's no obvious 'style' in 4 Months, unless you count utterly natural acting, brutal but compassionate storytelling and disciplined camera work as a style.
02/29/08
[Anamaria Marinca's] convincing performance as the clearly conflicted Otilia holds our interest throughout the film.
02/29/08
Cristian Mungiu's masterful chronicle is impressive above all for the way it respects the audience, expecting them to follow the implications of its multifaceted tale without always spelling them out.
02/29/08
Top Critic
Just as Romanians got used to eating bones with little meat on them, they must also have gotten used to movies with very little dramatic meat.
02/29/08
It's a testament to the brilliance of Mungiu's writing and the actors' performances that the conversations feel more natural than anything captured on a reality show.
02/28/08
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