Synopsis
The passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The film is divided in two parts. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.
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Christian Science Monitor
Weerasethakul's latest has received mixed responses on the film-festival circuit, yet while it's anything but commercial, it's also anything but unadventurous. - 100
Christian Science Monitor
Weerasethakul's latest has received mixed responses on the film-festival circuit, yet while it's anything but commercial, it's also anything but unadventurous. - 90
Chicago Reader
A spellbinding, beautiful, enigmatic film with a mysterious, allusive two-part structure. - 90
Chicago Reader
A spellbinding, beautiful, enigmatic film with a mysterious, allusive two-part structure. - 88
New York Post
If you enjoy intelligent, challenging filmmaking, Tropical Malady is for you. - 88
New York Post
If you enjoy intelligent, challenging filmmaking, Tropical Malady is for you. - 80
Village Voice
Like "Blissfully Yours" and Apichatpong's first feature, the exquisite-corpse road movie "Mysterious Object at Noon" (2000), Tropical Malady promotes new ways of seeing. - 80
The New York Times
Shows a young filmmaker pushing at the limits of cinematic narrative with grace and a certain amount of puckish willfulness.
