“The talented rumanian filmmaker surprises (and convinces us) with his thriller noir which stands out from his previous filmography and from almost all of the cinema coming from his country.”
– Diego Lerer: Micropsiacine
“The pleasing perspective from Corneliu Porumboiu about grand theft movies has its own charm.”
– Eric Kohn: IndieWire
“Art house movie that stands out from many others within its genre.”
– Leslie Felperin: The Hollywood Reporter
“An amazing existential study of masculinty.”
– Sight and Sound Magazine
“A powerful drama, deeply human and intrinsically politico. It evokes the cinematic poem Beau Travail by Claire Denis.”
– Daniel Kasman, MUBI Notebook
“Valeska Grisebach uses the tropes of the western genre to tell a story that resonates globally.”
– Peter Kelly, Cinema Guild production director