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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIt's both gravely serious and a demonically funny, a blend meant to catch audiences off balance. Mission accomplished.
- 88Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughSarnet elevates his Rabelaisian folktale into a tragedy illustrated by haunting, metaphorical imagery.
- 83The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakSarnet orchestrates authentic horror through a supernatural filter wherein beautiful black and white cinematography can immortalize abject despair.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough the emotional pull of this love triangle grows more compelling in the second half, for much of its running time November prefers to beguile us with the strangeness of its setting and characters.
- 80VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangIt’s having the ordinary in such close proximity to the outlandish that makes November so uncanny. And it’s rooting the bizarre behaviors of its characters in such understandable motivations (usually greed) that makes it so unexpectedly funny and scabrously relatable.
- 80Village VoiceSam WeisbergVillage VoiceSam WeisbergAbove all else, November, shot in gorgeous black-and-white by Mart Taniel, is a smorgasbord of deliciously grotesque imagery.
- 80Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenThis folk tale braids together the primordial and the divine in endlessly surprising ways.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneRainer Sarnet is as invested in telling a convoluted story that feels rooted in millennia-old folklore as he is in unabashedly experimenting with form and style for the sake of visual pleasure alone.
- 75RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe narrative never really builds a good head of steam. That could just be because as a Westerner with extremely limited knowledge of Estonian culture and mythology, the barrage of tropes from there is relatively overwhelming for me. Even so, November never stops being a visual trip. And that may well be enough.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSuffused with sorcery and silvery light, November, written and directed by Rainer Sarnet, is a bizarre Estonian love story — a mishmash of folklore, farm animals and scabrous fun — in which beauty and ugliness fight to the death.