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Admirable in theory but disappointing in execution, Waiting for the Barbarians struggles to turn strong performances and worthy themes into affecting drama.
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Release date: Aug 7, 2020
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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (19)
Depp... makes a show out of pretending to be understated and seems under the impression that he's still working with Tim Burton. August 6, 2020 | Full Review…
Depp... makes a show out of pretending to be understated and seems under the impression that he's still working with Tim Burton.
Glenn Kenny
Sometimes it really is better to just read the book. August 5, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Sometimes it really is better to just read the book.
Sara Stewart
Its principal performances are superb, and yet most of the movie is dead on screen. August 4, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Its principal performances are superb, and yet most of the movie is dead on screen.
Mick LaSalle
Guerra has tweaked the novel's Beckettian coda, and the film's final shot provides a full stop that is, in 2019, appropriately apocalyptic. The barbarians are us, and the wait is over. September 13, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Guerra has tweaked the novel's Beckettian coda, and the film's final shot provides a full stop that is, in 2019, appropriately apocalyptic. The barbarians are us, and the wait is over.
Harry Windsor
The message is not wrong, but it certainly is a disappointing use of Guerra's talent. September 6, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
The message is not wrong, but it certainly is a disappointing use of Guerra's talent.
Ben Croll
As a viewer, it requires hard work to feel something that goes deeper than common-sense pity when confronted with stock characters stuck in a generic predicament in a nonspecific time and place. September 6, 2019 | Full Review…
As a viewer, it requires hard work to feel something that goes deeper than common-sense pity when confronted with stock characters stuck in a generic predicament in a nonspecific time and place.
Boyd van Hoeij
...the portent is accompanied by a hint of genre-inspired escapism and-dare I say?-fun. August 5, 2020 | Full Review…
...the portent is accompanied by a hint of genre-inspired escapism and-dare I say?-fun.
David Bax
Chilling at times and never strays far from its thematic points, while the cast assembled to portray all manner of evil, shame, and fear contribute excellent performances, always keeping the feature fascinating. August 5, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Chilling at times and never strays far from its thematic points, while the cast assembled to portray all manner of evil, shame, and fear contribute excellent performances, always keeping the feature fascinating.
Brian Orndorf
Despite solid performances, great cinematography, and strong themes that should resonate, the emotion of it all is held too much at arm's length. August 5, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Despite solid performances, great cinematography, and strong themes that should resonate, the emotion of it all is held too much at arm's length.
Joey Magidson
Despite Rylance's best efforts in the lead role, Waiting for the Barbarians falters as a result of its sluggish pacing and meandering screenplay. August 5, 2020 | Full Review…
Despite Rylance's best efforts in the lead role, Waiting for the Barbarians falters as a result of its sluggish pacing and meandering screenplay.
Ian Thomas Malone
Rylance gives a great performance, and Depp isn't terrible, but it takes quite some time for the story to really get to any place that's particularly interesting. August 5, 2020 | Full Review…
Rylance gives a great performance, and Depp isn't terrible, but it takes quite some time for the story to really get to any place that's particularly interesting.
Edward Douglas
Ultimately a bit too mellow for its own good - despite a gripping Mark Rylance performance - Waiting for the Barbarians amounts to a half-interesting, half-boring slog. August 5, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Ultimately a bit too mellow for its own good - despite a gripping Mark Rylance performance - Waiting for the Barbarians amounts to a half-interesting, half-boring slog.
Shaun Munro
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