Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been devastated by a cruel war, but some of the local inhabitants, the retreating combatants, the UN forces, many cows and an absurd bureaucracy will not cease to put obstacles in their way.
The film may be scattershot and odd, but it needs to be odder still.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Jan 2016
fresh:
With an eclectic soundtrack, well-timed editing and crisp cinematography - and of course that terrific cast led by the great Del Toro - A Perfect Day is a rough-edged gem.
– Richard Roeper,
Chicago Sun-Times,
21 Jan 2016
fresh:
This is one of those rare, thoughtful war movies that doesn't emphasize brutality.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
4 Feb 2016
fresh:
A Perfect Day is a war story told on a small scale. It's all the more powerful for its subtlety.
– Liz Braun,
Toronto Sun,
25 Feb 2016
rotten:
A taut, darkly comic drama about the dilemmas of international intervention in civil war, all of it neatly symbolized by one elusive length of rope. It is also, sadly, a film much marred by its sexism.