Kinds of Kindness

"It may not be the best Lanthimos, but it's certainly the most Lanthimos."

"Clever and a bit snide."

"Mind-bendingly brilliant."

"A cryptic triptych."

"Shines a floodlamp on Yorgos Lanthimos’s worst tendencies."

"Discordantly amusing and strangely exhilarating -- a cinematic salt-rub."

"It’s never boring, and yet, Lanthimos’ outré sensibility demands a special brand of patience."

"Sophisticated writing and perfect performances."

"A stiff, tedious follow-up to Poor Things."

"Elegant and overwhelmingly stylish, yet maybe there’s not a superabundance of substance to go with the style."

"The longest and weakest film from Yorgos Lanthimos is not really a film at all."

"Weird, wild, and way more than the sum of its f-cked-up parts."

"It’s hard to enjoy the film in between its comical moments."

"Lanthimos leans into an odd compulsion to simultaneously shock and underwhelm the audience."

"Fans will be intoxicated by this triple shot of pure, unfiltered Lanthimos."

"Anyone who shares Lanthimos’s pleasure at swatting his humans like flies will surely extract wry pleasure from it."

"Pure, visceral, original cinema imbued with such startling imagery, that you forgive (Lanthimos) his excesses."

"Three vicious, amusing stories about love and obsession."