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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawLa Chimera is a film that utterly occupies its own fictional space; it expresses its eccentric romance in its own fluent movie dialect. I was utterly captivated by this sad, lovelorn adventure.
- 95TheWrapTomris LafflyTheWrapTomris LafflyLa Chimera is a pictorial delight to luxuriate in, as it is a philosophical wonder on the unknowability of time. The earth belongs to the past and the future, this miracle of a film quietly suggests. We just live in it.
- As with her other works, La Chimera is a gift of a film, a philosophically stimulating piece of cinema that has the rare capacity to genuinely transform the way we look at the world.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyRohrwacher makes movies you sink into rather than watch dispassionately, taking time to establish the milieu as her characters and stories reveal themselves in layers.
- 88Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeIn this rueful film about all things unseen, the importance of time is seemingly felt by everyone.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichO’Connor’s exquisite performance seems to channel Harry Dean Stanton’s haunted turn in “Paris, Texas”; less wraith-like in its physicality, but similarly intangible, like a man being played by his own shadow.
- 80Time OutSophie Monks KaufmanTime OutSophie Monks KaufmanRohrwacher weaves this thread in and out of the more grounded storylines with the most exquisite even-handedness, evoking Greek mythology while creating her own legend.
- 67The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorNo director of her genius would ever really make a bad film––if such a thing even exists––but we can be wary of a change in sensibilities here. Lazzaro‘s transcendental moments felt earned because his world was coarser to the touch. With Le Pupille and La Chimera, Rohrwacher is moving towards a cinema of fewer rough edges, and a poorer one for it.