88
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanIn every respect, this unclassifiable movie is an amazing accomplishment.
- 100Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIf you see only one comic love story from Kazakhstan this year, choose this prize-winning honey.
- 100The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyFunny, fascinating, utterly unclassifiable film.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMight be described as an epic landscape film, a sweetly comic coming-of-age story or a lyrical work of social realism. But the setting -- a windswept, sparely populated steppe in southern Kazakhstan -- gives the movie a mood that sometimes feels closer to that of science fiction.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirWhat makes Tulpan remarkable are the extended unbroken scenes, both dramatic and comic.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettPolished, funny and utterly charming.
- 88Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrIn the tradition of ethnographic dramas from "Nanook of the North" to "The Fast Runner," Tulpan drops us in the middle of a godforsaken nowhere and marvels at the people who live there.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayA beautifully choreographed and photographed story about tradition and modernity in rural Asia.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe acting and story are solid, but the real star of Tulpan is the gorgeous, never-ending landscape -- flat and arid, and home to camels, goats and lambs, and hearty people who live in tentlike yurts.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleA tender, unforgettable comedy about a vanishing way of life.