Super Reviewer

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

Awesome!

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Super Reviewer
Step 2 of 2

How did you buy your ticket?

Let's get your review verified.
Fandango

AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

Enter your Ticket Confirmation# located in your email.More Info

Cinemark Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Regal Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Theater box office or somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Super Reviewer

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

Awesome!

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)
How did you buy your ticket?
- Fandango
- AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew
  
  Enter your Ticket Confirmation# located in your email.More Info
- Cinemark Coming Soon
  
  We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
- Regal Coming Soon
  
  We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
- Theater box office or somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
You haven’t finished your review yet, want to submit as-is?

You can always edit your review after.
Are you sure?

Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers.
Want to submit changes to your review before closing?

Malmkrog Photos

View All Photos (17)

Movie Info

Tensions simmer beneath the surface when five European aristocrats debate good and evil, Jesus and the devil, and war and peace at an elegant Romanian estate.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Cristi Puiu
Producer:

Anca Puiu, Lucian Pintilie, Milan Stojanovic, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Andreas Roald, Jörgen Andersson, Kjell Åhlund, Peter Possne
Runtime:

3h 21m
Production Co:

Film i Väst, Mandragora, cinnamon filmproduktion GbR, Bord Cadre Films, Sister and Brother Mitevski
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Frédéric Schulz-Richard
Nikolaï le philosophe

Ugo Broussot
Edouard le politicien

Marina Palii
Olga l'éditrice

István Teglas
István

Simona Ghita

Judith State

Show all Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews for Malmkrog

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (7)

Even if some segments are invigoratingly thought-provoking in the same manner that a young student feels engaging with classical thinkers for the first time, the format's lack of stimuli beyond cutting between speakers soon turns tedious

April 8, 2021 | Full Review…

Carlos Aguilar
Los Angeles Times
Was it possible, [ filmmaker Cristi] Puiu purportedly asked, to make something dramatically compelling out of a collection of dense, highbrow conversations? Malmkrog suggests the answer may be a resounding "Nyet."

April 2, 2021 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

A.A. Dowd
AV Club
Imagine a Chekhov play without drama, an Oscar Wilde farce without humor, a Visconti film without desire, or a very long party at the home of a distant acquaintance, and you will have some idea of "Malmkrog," Cristi Puiu's latest film.

April 1, 2021 | Full Review…

A.O. Scott
New York Times
Malmkrog is a talky, challenging slog, but it's seldom short of ideas. One is unlikely to find greater consideration of pelagianism.

March 26, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tara Brady
Irish Times
There's something nourishing about the film that makes you want to go straight back for more.

March 25, 2021 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

David Jenkins
Little White Lies
Puiu makes hilarious comedies at which I never once laugh, and this is among his bleakest and blackest farces.

November 20, 2020 | Full Review…

Keith Uhlich
(All (Parentheses))
This period drama by Cristi Puiu, the director of 2005's The Death of Mr Lazarescu, can't be excused its purgatorial lack of incident, but its intellectualism and sheer oddness count for something...

March 29, 2021 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
An impeccably crafted and a studiously mannered chamber drama.

March 22, 2021 | Full Review…

Rob Aldam
Backseat Mafia
Malmkrog is a vast artifact, a universe unto itself, an unanswered question. [Full review in Spanish]

November 13, 2020 | Full Review…

Carlos Losilla
Caimán Cuadernos de Cine
Christi Puiu orchestrates a classic Buñuelian premise with abject sternness... but a few solid cracks find themselves showing through anyway. Malmkrog is an elaborate and rewarding straight-faced joke.

October 10, 2020 | Full Review…

Soham Gadre
Film Inquiry
I was especially taken with the idea of the antichrist uniting humanity, and the women speaking their minds...this touches colonialism, servitude, war and peace, topics we are still figuring out...

July 13, 2020 | Full Review…

Lisa Nesselson
France24
[Director Cristi] Puiu cuts, but leaves an infinity gap open, for those who wonder what happens next. Dante's hell was also built in circles. [Full review in Spanish]

March 2, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Mariona Borrull
El antepenúltimo mohicano