As dazzling feats of narrative acrobatics go, this ingeniously self-reflexive second feature from maverick writer-director Miguel Gomes stands in a league of its own.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
2 Feb 2010
fresh:
Transparently a movie about a group of filmmakers who attempt to possess a particular location, Our Beloved Month relaxes into a meditation on the mysteries of place, personality, and process.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
31 Aug 2010
fresh:
The promise on display is impressive; consider the film a calling card from someone to keep a very close eye on.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
1 Sep 2010
rotten:
The whole turns out to be less than the sum of its elegantly constructed and cleverly uncategorizable parts.