Graduation: reviews

What the critics say average 8.7 from 6 outlets

• 10 Time OutDave Calhoun It?s not a despairing movie ? Mungiu even suggests that a new generation might put things right ? but it?s a brutally honest one. Read
• 10 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw 'Graduation' is an intricate, deeply intelligent film, and a bleak picture of a state of national depression in Romania, where the 90s generation hoped they would have a chance to start again. There are superb performances from Titien and Dragus. Read
• 9.1 The PlaylistJessica Kiang An excoriating, gripping, intricately plotted morality play, Mungiu?s film is less linear, more circular or spiral-shaped than his previous Cannes titles...but it is no less rigorous and possibly even more eviscerating and critical of Romanian society, because it offers its critique across such a broad canvas. Read
• 8.0 The TelegraphTim Robey The intergenerational debate underlying Graduation does throw novel wrinkles into the mix. Read
• 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterLeslie Felperin Graduation isn?t one of Mungiu?s finest, but even a restrained, emotionally measured work like this is more interesting and provocative than many another director?s best effort. Read
• 7.0 VarietyJay Weissberg As expected from a master like Mungiu, everything is beautifully structured and utterly credible, yet Graduation feels like a retread. Read