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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Time Out LondonTime Out LondonRecalling the provocative docu-fictions of Abbas Kiarostami and Jia Zhangke, Our Beloved Month of August offers meta-textual manna for adventurous cinemagoers while remaining exhilaratingly true to its sunny, provincial roots.
- 100The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyThere’s neither pity nor sentimentality in Gomes’s populism; the highest strain of modern humanism faces up to the first person.
- 90VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonA tantalizing mix of documentary, fiction and everything in between (including music video), Miguel Gomes’ 150-minute love song to rural Portugal, Our Beloved Month of August, scores viscerally as well as intellectually.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanTransparently a movie about a group of filmmakers who attempt to possess a particular location, Our Beloved Month relaxes into a meditation on the mysteries of place, personality, and process.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawOur Beloved Month Of August is a real one-off: eccentric and singular and cerebral: an arthouse event, yes, but also witty and emotionally engaged. I found myself thinking about it for days afterwards – and smiling a very great deal. Try it.
- 75Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Gomes contemplates the many human dimensions wavering under the surface of this town, whether it’s the mythologies crowding a town’s gossip session or the tall tales flooding rants at a local bar. This is a collective voice of character rather than a dry document of reality.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearDespite its creator’s puckish charm, the movie occasionally sputters and detours down dead ends. Still, the promise on display is impressive; consider the film a calling card from someone to keep a very close eye on.