74
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesBrazilian filmmaker Júlia Murat's first narrative feature is a mesmerizing, slow-build marvel.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceInitially treated like the parasite she appears to be, over the course of this crisp, gracefully inflected meditation on time's passage, Rita develops the interest in her subjects that turns an image into more than stolen light.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineJulia Murat shows a fine grasp of form, letting her technique reflect the elements and moods of her story.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIts clever final plot twist adds a gratifying jolt of the uncanny to what is otherwise a charming, bittersweet meditation on the passage of time and the equivocal power of images to capture an older world at the moment of its disappearance.