R.M.N.: reviews

What the critics say average 7.7 from 5 outlets

• 8.0 The WrapBen Croll With bleak serenity of a man who has peered into the abyss and responded with a smile, the filmmaker offers no answer or easy way out to the intractable, and perhaps foundational, human capacity for hate than with his own virtuosic talent. Read
• 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterJordan Mintzer This is masterly understated filmmaking marked by a few stand-out sequences, particularly a one-shot town hall meeting that lasts for an entire reel and throws all the issues on the table before erupting into chaos. Read
• 8.0 VarietyJessica Kiang R.M.N. is a slow-motion snapshot of a deeply riven community flying apart in all directions, as though some bomb, detonated years or perhaps even centuries ago, has never stopped exploding. Read
• 7.5 The PlaylistGregory Ellwood The power of Mungiu?s work is his writing. Like much of Eastern European cinema of the past decade, he?s crafted a morality tale that should prompt a viewer to take a look at themselves in the mirror wherever they may live. And if it ends without any hint of resolution? With barely a glimmer of hope? So be it. Read
• 7.0 Screen DailyLee Marshall It?s tribute to Mungiu?s bravura as a writer and director that, despite the fact that he never quite finishes unpacking a suitcase full of themes and ideas, R.M.N. is never less than an absorbing watch. Read