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Both a smart, suspenseful tale of intrigue and a sweeping romance, The Year of Living Dangerously features excellent performances from Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as a pair of journalists covering political unrest in Indonesia.
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All Critics (32) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (4)
Memorable in Gallipoli and Road Warrior, Mel Gibson establishes his leading-man status. November 12, 2018 | Full Review…
Memorable in Gallipoli and Road Warrior, Mel Gibson establishes his leading-man status.
Bob Thomas
This is a wonderfully absorbing film. June 19, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
This is a wonderfully absorbing film.
Roger Ebert
[A] grievously flawed yet compelling tale of political intrigue, certainly a triumph of atmosphere if not of coherent dramatization. August 4, 2015 | Full Review…
[A] grievously flawed yet compelling tale of political intrigue, certainly a triumph of atmosphere if not of coherent dramatization.
Gary Arnold
Weir and his crew expertly recreate the squalor, poverty, noise, heat and emotion of the pressure cooker that was Indonesia in 1965. July 7, 2010 | Full Review…
Weir and his crew expertly recreate the squalor, poverty, noise, heat and emotion of the pressure cooker that was Indonesia in 1965.
Variety Staff
A curiously languid affair, rather than the breathless Costa-Gavras-style thriller which was the least one might have expected from this kind of material. February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
A curiously languid affair, rather than the breathless Costa-Gavras-style thriller which was the least one might have expected from this kind of material.
Rod McShane
A good, romantic melodrama that suffers more than most good, romantic melodramas in not being much better than it is. May 20, 2003 | Full Review…
A good, romantic melodrama that suffers more than most good, romantic melodramas in not being much better than it is.
Vincent Canby
[The Year of Living Dangerously] is a romantic and political melodrama set in Indonesia during the Sukarno regime. If it winds up being more romantic than political, who's complaining? February 27, 2020 | Full Review…
[The Year of Living Dangerously] is a romantic and political melodrama set in Indonesia during the Sukarno regime. If it winds up being more romantic than political, who's complaining?
Molly Haskell
The Year of Living Dangerously is a movie that gets stuck halfway because of a lack of imagination, vitality, and danger. [Full Review in Spanish] August 29, 2019 | Full Review…
The Year of Living Dangerously is a movie that gets stuck halfway because of a lack of imagination, vitality, and danger. [Full Review in Spanish]
Octavi Marti
Its flaws are unmistakable and some of its beats a little bit rote, but this is much more daunting and daring than it appears, maybe even more than it realises. January 2, 2016 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Its flaws are unmistakable and some of its beats a little bit rote, but this is much more daunting and daring than it appears, maybe even more than it realises.
Tim Brayton
A young Mel Gibson anchors a fascinating look at the life of a journalist looking for the great war-era news story. August 15, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A young Mel Gibson anchors a fascinating look at the life of a journalist looking for the great war-era news story.
Wesley Lovell
Combining political intrigue, steamy romance, and engaging characters, Peter Weir's well-crafted, highly enjoyable adventure is one of the few successful efforts to make a Casablanca-like movie for modern audiences. February 21, 2008 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Combining political intrigue, steamy romance, and engaging characters, Peter Weir's well-crafted, highly enjoyable adventure is one of the few successful efforts to make a Casablanca-like movie for modern audiences.
Emanuel Levy
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