Graduation's reviews
Media reviews
Time Out
It?s not a despairing movie ? Mungiu even suggests that a new generation might put things right ? but it?s a brutally honest one.
The Guardian
'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.
The Playlist
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.
The Telegraph
The intergenerational debate underlying Graduation does throw novel wrinkles into the mix.
The Hollywood Reporter
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.
Variety
As expected from a master like Mungiu, everything is beautifully structured and utterly credible, yet Graduation feels like a retread.
El País
El Periódico
El Mundo