Story: Experimental mockumentary about a fictitious filmmaker's last project, a meditation on social and environmental problems in England. Cast:Vanessa RedgraveDirector:Patrick KeillerOpened:January 12, 2012Length:1 hr. 41 min.
Robinson in Ruins played in New York City to good reviews. • Andy Webster wrote in the New York Times, "...depicts with static or slow-moving compositions a decaying city [London] beset by I.R.A. attacks and successive Tory governments.... offers Paul Scofield (who died in 2008) as the unnamed narrator, who describes Robinson's wanderings with twee nuance and hints of precious idolatry." More Reviews Below...
Robinson in Ruins Positive Reviews (4 Reviews, reviews below)
Andy Webster, New York Times: GOOD "...depicts with static or slow-moving compositions a decaying city [London] beset by I.R.A. attacks and successive Tory governments.... a dry, almost somnolent Vanessa Redgrave plays the surviving partner to Robinson's Boswell, now dead, and the gloom softens as she and Robinson set foot in rural England."(Read the full review...) 242 words, 01/13/12
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: GOOD "...an intellectually voracious, morally outraged depressive's travelogue that struggles with modernity's crippling variety and untenable contradictions even as it engages them.... an undeniably caustic catalog of capitalism's arrogance and brutality, if not its obituary."(Read the full review...) 433 words, 01/11/12
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
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ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: GOOD "...an intellectually voracious, morally outraged depressive's travelogue that struggles with modernity's crippling variety and untenable contradictions even as it engages them.... an undeniably caustic catalog of capitalism's arrogance and brutality, if not its obituary."(Read the full review...) 433 words, 01/11/12
Chris Cabin, Slant: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...the third feature-length cine-essay by Patrick Keiller to feature the director's alter-ego, the titular biophilic cinematographer... Robinson is a loner in the digital age, a scavenger and forager of information, and, as the narrator tells it, a relentless documenter of the molecular basis of historical occurrences."(Read the full review...) 602 words, 09/25/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Andy Webster, New York Times: GOOD "...depicts with static or slow-moving compositions a decaying city [London] beset by I.R.A. attacks and successive Tory governments.... a dry, almost somnolent Vanessa Redgrave plays the surviving partner to Robinson's Boswell, now dead, and the gloom softens as she and Robinson set foot in rural England."(Read the full review...) 242 words, 01/13/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Leslie Felperin, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...consists solely of static footage of places and things accompanied by narration describing the peregrinations of a character named Robinson around Blighty's countryside.... Tone is elegiac throughout, but a sense of exhausted depression makes the running time feel longer than it is."(Read the full review...) 655 words, 09/16/10
Andy Webster, New York Times: GOOD "...depicts with static or slow-moving compositions a decaying city [London] beset by I.R.A. attacks and successive Tory governments.... a dry, almost somnolent Vanessa Redgrave plays the surviving partner to Robinson's Boswell, now dead, and the gloom softens as she and Robinson set foot in rural England."(Read the full review...) 242 words, 01/13/12
14.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Robinson in Ruins's reviews are separated by an average 14.8 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.
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Coverage:Robinson in Ruins's reviews cover 5.2% of potential readers (average is 68.2%). Volume:The film's reviews total 1,932 words involume (average is 19,979 words). Length:The film's reviews average 483 words in length (the norm is 512 words).
Reviews Broke 75 Days Before Release (Norm is 0.2 Release)
Robinson in Ruins's reviews on average broke 75 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 0.2 hours after. 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 Robinson in Ruins's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Robinson in Ruins (4 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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