85
Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMovies about the people who grow our food, who struggle as honest land stewards in a time of heartless industry, are few and far between, making Alcarràs a rare gem. In its unforced, plaintive artistry, it nurtures to a palpable ripeness the beauty and burden in these all-too-hidden lives.
- 91The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossThe PlaylistRafaela Sales RossIn its expert blend of vivid cinematography and naturalistic performances, Alcarràs creates a refined study of heritage that understands life’s permanent absence of resolution – with every hard-earned answer comes a new riddle.
- 90Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganThis Spanish Garden of Eden hits some perhaps expectedly alluring notes - the ripeness, the colour, the endless days of summer - yet is also a profoundly authentic and moving contemplation of the fragility of family, and, again, childhood.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIt’s a buzzing and vibrant ensemble drama whose unruly cast pulls our focus in a dozen different directions at once, but also one that always returns our attention to the earth shifting under their feet, and in turn to the question of who they will become once they’re forced away from it.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyLovely, unforced Chekhovian notes grace the gently observed snapshot of a summer of unstoppable change and momentous upheaval. Even if there are moments of frustration in which Simón and co-writer Arnau Vilaró pull away just as conflicts are heating up, the film’s immersive, lived-in nature has a transfixing grip.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is a deeply intelligent, humane drama.
- 70The New York TimesDevika GirishThe New York TimesDevika GirishThe film’s striking images — a girl’s made-up face, sullen amid a crowd of colorful revelers; solar panels gleaming sinisterly below a full moon — leave an indelible trail.
- 63Slant MagazinePat BrownSlant MagazinePat BrownAs a tribute to farmers’ way of life, its effective and at times moving, but as an exposé of the potential losses that a business-centric green revolution is in the process of incurring, it wants for a stiffer punch.