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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinIn the flawless cast, Williams is the most affecting.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMammoth manages to be as affecting as it is heartfelt.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIf one thinks of "Babel" minus the melodrama and histrionics, you get a clearer picture of what Moodysson has done here.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfMoodysson hasn’t exactly descended to "Babel"-level pabulum with Mammoth, his first foray into English; these characters are too fascinatingly thorny, and he still has a supple way with a pulse-throbbing dance tune.
- 50VarietyVarietyA mixed bag, Mammoth is a good-looking, smoothly directed, continent-hopping drama about parents and children, globalization and the disconnect between rich and poor, but comes with too much repetitive exposition and lacks an emotional payoff.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhile Mammoth is frequently poignant and beautifully acted--especially by Williams, who’s so lost and lonely that she becomes casually cruel--the movie lacks the personal touch that’s distinguished even Moodysson’s “difficult” films.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisMr. Moodysson has never met a pleasure he didn’t want to punish.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis overlong drama is the first (mostly) English-language film from the talented Swedish filmmaker Moodysson (“Lilya 4-Ever”). Any semblance of subtlety was unfortunately lost in translation.
- 30Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonGrossly exaggerating his characters' either/or constructions, Moodysson forgoes any real ideas about the world's vast inequities, content to pummel his audience with portentous global guilt-tripping.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe overlapping stories, the emotional disconnect, the heavy-handed symbolism -- no, it's not a movie from the makers of "Babel," its a mumbling, stammering copycat drama from Swedish director Lukas Moodysson.