Fresh
I'm attaching four stars more out of helplessness than critical acumen, by the way; if the film is beyond language, it's certainly beyond a traditional rating system.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Goodbye to Language
2014 · 1h 9m · NOT RATED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
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Goodbye to Language
Overview
"The idea is simple / A married woman and a single man meet / They love, they argue, fists fly / A dog strays between town and country / The seasons pass / The man and woman meet again / The dog finds itself between them / The other is in one, / the one is in the other / and they are three / The former husband shatters everything / A second film begins: / the same as the first, / and yet not / From the human race we pass to metaphor / This ends in barking / and a baby's cries / In the meantime, we will have seen people talking of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the death of a robin." -JLG
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Throughout this enigmatic film's short running time, I couldn't for the life of me make out what Godard was trying to say.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
A film that's stuffed with language, its title notwithstanding.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
Anyone interested in the possibilities of the moviegoing experience - what can happen in a dark theater - owes it to themselves to say hello to "Goodbye to Language."
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
At 84, Godard is still looking for new ways to express himself, though he thinks it harder than ever to achieve meaningful interpersonal communication in the information age.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
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