Fresh
Sturdy performances, fine photography from Mikhail Krichman, good use of music by Philip Glass and a pleasingly terse script make for incisive, gripping drama.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Overview
After suffering a heart attack, a wealthy elderly Russian man plans to will most of his estate to his estranged daughter. However, his wife has other plans.
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93%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In different hands, "Elena" might have been a noir thriller, but this serving of cinematic borscht is as cold as a Russian winter.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
"Elena" is a riveting psychological suspense film.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
A quiet, subtle mystery whose long, penetrating takes have drawn comparisons to Andrei Tarkovsky and whose mordantly ironic conclusion may remind you of Claude Chabrol.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Zvyaginstsev makes the most of the ghastly settings, which include a backyard that ominously features nuclear cones - and the kinds of compartmentalized living spaces that Hitchcock used for droll effect in "Rear Window."
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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