Kinds of Kindness
2024, comedy, drama
164 minutes
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a...
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8.0
2024-07-02
The usher on the way out asked if I’d enjoyed it. Rather like my recent viewing of The Beast, I didn’t have a clear answer for him. But with retrospect, yes, I really think I did. Read more
7.0
2024-06-29
For all its flaws, Kinds of Kindness is a reminder of why so many actors want to work with Lanthimos, as he offers the chance to inhabit the sort of bizarre roles that just aren't common in English language cinema today. Read more
7.0
2024-06-27
This is dense and demanding cinema, complex and sometimes utterly confounding. It can wander self-indulgently, then slap your face with moments of brilliance, hilarity, insight and even horror. Read more
7.0
2024-05-18
Yorgos Lanthimos's eerie-silly display of altruism feels like a David Lynch film remade by Peter Greenaway. Read more
4.0
2024-09-09
Frustrating in its irrational depictions of life, this anthology film feels more like an indulgent exercise in Lanthimos and Filippou’s signature weirdness and attention-grabbing writing. Potentially interesting ideas simply can't fill the emotional void at the film's core—a disappointment... Read more
4.0
2024-07-09
Up to his old tricks but playing in a sandbox that feels much less inventive or interesting, this feels like a project too much for Lanthimos in his impressively prolific period. Read more
4.0
2024-06-13
Even in the name of the blackest pitch black dark comedies, Kinds of Kindness tests tolerance by trying to push three wayward and wonky exertions down your throat. At that volume, constitutions check out and all the ambition fizzles out. Read more
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6.0
2024-08-23
Kinds of Kindness heeft weinig met goedheid te maken, want Yorgos Lanthimos haalt met Efthimis Filippou oude koeien uit de gracht. Voor de fans van het regisseursduo! Read more
6.0
2024-07-01
Kinds of Kindness heeft weinig met goedheid te maken, want Yorgos Lanthimos haalt met Efthimis Filippou oude koeien uit de gracht. Voor de fans van het regisseursduo! Read more
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