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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAustere and magnificent film.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattThe title of Loveless is no misnomer: It might just be the feel-bad movie of the year. A new word should be invented for the particular kind of poetic, politically-charged bleakness acclaimed filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, The Return) brings to the screen, some Cyrillic-alphabet cousin to the Germans with their weltschmerz and schadenfreude.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversAside from Alyosha, there's no one to root for here, and Zvyagintsev paints the bleakest of picture. But his filmmaking has a driving force that hurtles you along, and like his 2014 masterpiece "Leviathan," this micro-focused drama allows the director to turn the story of one family into an X-ray of a nation's bruised soul.
- 83Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerZvyagintsev would have done better, I think, to include more of the beauty that has gone out of this world, if only to heighten its loss.
- 80EmpireAndrew LowryEmpireAndrew LowryCome for the near-endless rows that convincingly carry the venom of a collapsed, resentful marriage; stay for the extended critique of Russia’s contemporary spiritual vacancy.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOne word springs to mind after 15 minutes of Loveless: Getmethef**koutofhere. The chill eats into you — the cold burns and cuts. But it turns out Zvyagintsev has more on his mind than emotional cruelty to kids.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceDespite inventive moments between the performers, the central character, true to his type, is too casually drawn to sustain our interest in whether he loves or loses.
- 50The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAn aimless film about an aimless fellow, but it's not without its charms. It may be without a point, but hey, you can't have everything in a no-budget film like this.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibLoveless exerts a low-energy, dread-tinged fascination that intrigues rather than wows.