Rumours

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Rumours

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2024

1h 43m

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Horror

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Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

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Critics Consensus

A brainy satire that has a ball turning the supposed adults in the room into helpless children, Rumours spins a one-joke premise into a sophisticated riot.

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Saffron Maeve

Sight & Sound

Nov 11

The directors’ facetiousness might be mistaken for insincerity but, as in all of Maddin’s films, truth, however inscrutable, is tucked into the folds of melodramatic action.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

01/11/2025

It is in many ways Guy Maddin's most mainstream film.

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Josh Slater-Williams

Little White Lies

12/11/2024

3/5

If some viewers can still cling onto The West Wing as a comfort watch... there’s something to be said for the appeal of a text offering the total flip side in its portrayal of centrism’s capabilities, especially one as full of punkish spirit as this.

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Alfred Castaneda

Shade Studios

Jul 30

Rumours is a fun two-hour trip for anyone that’s remote interested in global politics. It may be Maddin’s most accessible film to date which, isn’t saying much.

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Dave Giannini

Geek Vibes Nation

07/19/2025

9/10

Maddin and his compatriots have created a truly original, funny, dark, rewarding gem.

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Maxance Vincent

The Cosmic Circus

07/12/2025

4.5/5

You’re not going to get it. You’ll likely be frustrated by it, even storm out of the cinema in anger at the unsatisfying conclusion it gives its protagonists and story. But that’s precisely why I loved it.

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Dan S

10/29/2024

I liked that it was weird and is a critique on how the world works. Good casting and writing.

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Brandon K

10/28/2024

This film actually has a ton of funny moments, but it drones on much too long and at the end it just feels pointless. A lot of deception within the ads as well, hardly any horror here.

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James

10/27/2024

This was literally the worst movie I’ve ever seen. It was rambling and disorganized pointless and thoroughly boring. Zero entertainment. I didn’t connect with any of the characters, I was looking at my watch after the first 30 minutes. I would rather kill myself than see this movie again. It was worse than staring at a white wall for two hours. I wish I could unsee it.

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David

10/24/2024

A lot there but not for everybody.

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Eric S

10/22/2024

I absolutely enjoyed it—even if I don’t think I understood it. I was like an apocalyptic fever dream someone has while waiting in line at the UN passport office. The acting and dialogue were quite good. I just wish it could have come together more, while retaining its ridiculousness.

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Randy E

10/21/2024

It might be a bit better on TV.

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Synopsis

Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Producer: Liz Jarvis, Philipp Kreuzer, Lars Knudsen
Screenwriter: Evan Johnson
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Production Co: Buffalo Gal Pictures, Thin Stuff, Walking Down Broadway, Maze Pictures
Rating: R (Violent Content|Some Sexual Content|Partial Nudity)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2024
Runtime: 1h 43m