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ALPS (ALPEIS)Movie Reviews
Greek and English language drama about a group of people who hire themselves out to as impersonators of dead people to the grieving family and friends of the recently deceased. Cast:Aris Servetalis, Aggeliki Papoulia, Stavros Psyllakis, Johnny Vekris, Ariane LabedDirector:Yorgos LanthimosRelease Date:June 22, 2012DVD Release:December 4, 2012From:Kino LorberLength:1 hr 33 min
Alps (Alpeis) played in key cities to very good reviews. • Peter Howell wrote in the Toronto Star, "Often bleakly funny, but at the same time vexing... a real mind trip with strong acting..." • And Katey Rich wrote for Cinema Blend, "...asks the audience to accept and engage with bizarre and often inexplicable behavior... fascinating..." More Reviews Below...
Richard Corliss, Time: GOOD "Every bit as deadpan loopy as Lanthimos' 'Dogtooth'... doesn't invite an audience into the insanity; it simply demands to be stared at, in awe or incomprehension."(See all of Richard Corliss's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 193 words, 09/08/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Although 'Alps' is provocative and challenging, it is so self-contained that it has no particular emotional payoff. There is no greater world in which to evaluate its contents."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 525 words, 09/07/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...connections are the threads that hold this film together... works by systematically unsettling our sense of what is normal and habitual in human interactions."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 578 words, 07/13/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...opens up into something expansive and rich.... seems to explore emotional identity, how we come to define ourselves in part as projections of how others respond to us."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 277 words, 09/21/12
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "The movie focuses tightly and obviously on role playing, but the most unsettling observations concern how fragile it all is -- our health, our minds, our denial of death."(See all of Farran Smith Nehme's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 232 words, 07/13/12
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Although 'Alps' is provocative and challenging, it is so self-contained that it has no particular emotional payoff. There is no greater world in which to evaluate its contents."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 525 words, 09/07/12
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "Lanthimos is seemingly working intuitively here... A comedy of pained laughter, 'Alps' confirms the certitude of our darkest hours: The dead are the lucky ones."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 661 words, 07/11/12
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Often bleakly funny, but at the same time vexing... a real mind trip with strong acting, and it leaves you to wonder what Lanthimos and Filippou will do next."(See all of Peter Howell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 614 words, 06/22/12
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "Most of the themes and techniques can be traced back to absurdist theatre... with its emphasis on death deferred, it holds the chilly fascination of a gaping skull."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 502 words, 06/22/12
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...a wrenching dissection of the madness of real-world storytelling, the destructive potential of the cinema-influenced narratives we play out as coping mechanisms."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 125 words, 11/03/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Lanthimos is getting at something very specific about authority and repression in his films, and it's fascinating to watch him work through his issues."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 147 words, 06/28/12
KEY CITIES (3 Reviews)
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "You spend more than half of this film waiting for the line separating rationality from sanity to stop moving, and it never really does. That's an achievement."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 613 words, 10/12/12
David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...the latest mind-bender from the talented Yorgos Lanthimos... A strange story. A strange world. And strange characters doing even stranger things."(See all of David Lewis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 224 words, 08/24/12
Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "Lanthimos is a poet of the inappropriate response; an inventor of outlandish narrative premises that cast a penetrating and often comic light on a wacko world."(See all of Michael Upchurch's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 331 words, 07/27/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (8 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "Lanthimos is seemingly working intuitively here... A comedy of pained laughter, 'Alps' confirms the certitude of our darkest hours: The dead are the lucky ones."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 661 words, 07/11/12
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...a wrenching dissection of the madness of real-world storytelling, the destructive potential of the cinema-influenced narratives we play out as coping mechanisms."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 125 words, 11/03/11
Alison Willmore, AV Club: GOOD(cg) "Lanthimos' skill at orchestrating the tense, creepy, shockingly funny setpieces is just as evident here as it was in 'Dogtooth,' but too much of 'Alps' is left vague."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 371 words, 07/12/12
Michelle Orange, Movieline: EXCELLENT(cg) "Papoulia's extraordinary performance lingers, as does the film's provocative existential fog. Slowly but with terrible surety, 'Alps' reveals the fracture lines within its subjects..."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 765 words, 07/13/12
Fernando F. Croce, Slant: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...often disconcertingly humorous... Lanthimos drops the audience context-free into the obscurantist middle of his narrative and works toward illuminating slowly, teasingly."(See all of Fernando F. Croce's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 751 words, 07/09/12
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Lanthimos is getting at something very specific about authority and repression in his films, and it's fascinating to watch him work through his issues."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 147 words, 06/28/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...connections are the threads that hold this film together... works by systematically unsettling our sense of what is normal and habitual in human interactions."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 578 words, 07/13/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...opens up into something expansive and rich.... seems to explore emotional identity, how we come to define ourselves in part as projections of how others respond to us."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 277 words, 09/21/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "...a heady mix of peculiar occurrences, anthropological and Freudian insights into the human species and contempo society, and a particularly wicked sense of humor."(See all of Boyd Van Hoeij's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 548 words, 09/03/11
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "...has an inexplicable power to draw the viewer into its hermetic web of inhuman relationships.... a fine example of cinema of the absurd... a strictly intellectual game..."(See all of Deborah Young's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 540 words, 09/03/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...opens up into something expansive and rich.... seems to explore emotional identity, how we come to define ourselves in part as projections of how others respond to us."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 277 words, 09/21/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...connections are the threads that hold this film together... works by systematically unsettling our sense of what is normal and habitual in human interactions."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 578 words, 07/13/12
8.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Alps (Alpeis)'s reviews are separated by an average 8.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Alps (Alpeis) (21 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Alps (Alpeis)'s reviews cover 32.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 9,046 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 431 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 94 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Alps (Alpeis)'s reviews on average broke 94 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Alps (Alpeis)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Alps (Alpeis) (21 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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