Synopsis
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
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Cast
- Claes BangChristian
- Elisabeth MossAnne
- Dominic WestJulian
- Terry NotaryOleg
- Christopher LæssøMichael
- Lise Stephenson EngströmDaughter
- Lilianne MardonDaughter
- Marina SchiptjenkoElna
- Annica LiljebladSonja
- Elijandro EdouardBoy with Letter
Recommendations
- 91
The Film Stage
While The Square is not as slick and streamlined a film as Force Majeure it still hunts for that same meaty psychological game and is never afraid — no matter how close to the bone — to twist that knife. - 91
The Playlist
An excoriating razor-burn of a movie that deploys drollery like an instrument of torture. - 80
The Guardian
This movie really brings some gobsmackingly weird and outrageous spectacle, with moments of pure showstopping freakiness. Eventually it loses a bit of focus and misses some narrative targets which have been sacrificed to those admittedly extraordinary set pieces. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
What’s perhaps most impressive about Ostlund’s evolving style as a filmmaker and social commentator is his compulsion to enrich every scene he creates with a multitude of tones and nuances across the serio-comic spectrum. He’s like a virtuoso chef driven to try increasingly wild combinations of spices and ingredients; often the result is terrific, once in a while it’s too much. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Östlund’s eye for the subtleties of human behavior, especially public behavior, never fails. - 80
Screen Daily
In all its flawed brilliance, The Square remains an original, visceral, uncomfortable and essential viewing experience. - 75
Paste Magazine
Sporting the ambition and sweep of a limited-run TV series, The Square may be overstuffed, but it never stops churning ideas and incidents. - 60
CineVue
There is much to enjoy here - especially at the beginning - and Östlund's ambition and vision are to be applauded. However, The Square would have been greatly improved had the director taken his scalpel and his demanding critical eye and applied it to the film itself.
