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From Afar is narratively elliptical to a fault, but for patient viewers willing to allow the story to unfold at its own unhurried pace, the end result is its own absorbing reward.
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[Pablo Larrain's] performance here further advances his standing as contemporary cinema's gray little nothing of an answer to the Everyman. July 14, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Pablo Larrain's] performance here further advances his standing as contemporary cinema's gray little nothing of an answer to the Everyman.
Scott Marks
From Afar is an intriguing, emotionally painful and brilliant film. June 30, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
From Afar is an intriguing, emotionally painful and brilliant film.
Peter Bradshaw
All signs point to director Vigas going on to make something much better. June 30, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
All signs point to director Vigas going on to make something much better.
David Jenkins
Vigas tries every trick in the arthouse book - long silences, meaningful looks, out-of-focus imagery - to sell his story. June 27, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Vigas tries every trick in the arthouse book - long silences, meaningful looks, out-of-focus imagery - to sell his story.
Tom Huddleston
A tightly coiled, beautifully acted relationship study that occasionally swerves in the direction of a gangland thriller ... June 16, 2016 | Full Review…
A tightly coiled, beautifully acted relationship study that occasionally swerves in the direction of a gangland thriller ...
Justin Chang
Carefully composed, shot in the usual gray and mustard digital palette, the film deals in small slivers of information. June 9, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Carefully composed, shot in the usual gray and mustard digital palette, the film deals in small slivers of information.
Farran Smith Nehme
From Afar is not a political nor social commentary; it's one of those movies you'd expect to make a splash only at festivals and nowhere else. August 14, 2019 | Full Review…
From Afar is not a political nor social commentary; it's one of those movies you'd expect to make a splash only at festivals and nowhere else.
Anthony Kao
The film is an intriguing exploration of the changing power balance between the two [men]. February 20, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The film is an intriguing exploration of the changing power balance between the two [men].
Alexa Dalby
The picture is directed with such precise meticulousness that it absolutely effuses coldness. Yet that coldness blends so seamlessly into the film's overall spirit that it succeeds in a singular way to express emotion while totally avoiding melodrama. January 10, 2018 | Full Review…
The picture is directed with such precise meticulousness that it absolutely effuses coldness. Yet that coldness blends so seamlessly into the film's overall spirit that it succeeds in a singular way to express emotion while totally avoiding melodrama.
Uri Klein
Vigas makes the viewer wonder: How thin is this line? Where do the limits of indifference, repulsion, devotion, obsession, or maybe even true love end? September 26, 2017 | Full Review…
Vigas makes the viewer wonder: How thin is this line? Where do the limits of indifference, repulsion, devotion, obsession, or maybe even true love end?
Diana Dabrowska
There's plenty to commend it, not least the magnetic Alfredo Castro as Armando. January 2, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's plenty to commend it, not least the magnetic Alfredo Castro as Armando.
Kevin Harley
From Afar resorts to a socially demoralized vision that condemns both Armando and Elder. January 2, 2017 | Full Review…
From Afar resorts to a socially demoralized vision that condemns both Armando and Elder.
Armond White
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