Mundrucz works this stock tale into a deliberately paced parable of desire and dread.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2010

A putatively humanistic film that succeeds more indelibly as a mythic image-poem.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 8, 2010

For all its lofty thematic intentions, this thing has precious little to say.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 25, 2009

Strikingly shot though it is, this Hungarian film, by Kornel Mundruczo, is sunk by a drama that represents art-house cinema at its worst: a dull, gloomy tale that skirts questions of plausibility.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 13, 2009

Mundrucz generates a moderate amount of intrigue from the build-up but stubbornly resists handling his themes in any direct and digestible fashion.

| Original Score: 2/6 | May 8, 2009

Delta is a weird, eerie, and utterly compelling Hungarian gem. A lugubrious piece of genius.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

The movie is lovely looking, but frankly a little specious and shallow.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 8, 2009

Mundrucz's first instinct is aesthetic rather than emotive. But if that strips the film of a measure of moral authority, it only adds to the feeling of hollow nihilism that stays with you long after the closing credits.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

Kornel Mundrucz's film has been dubbed the Hungarian Deliverance - but even John Boorman's classic wasn't shot as beautifully as this.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2009

A powerful meditation on personal freedom from a Hungarian auteur.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2009

A beautifully atmospheric vessel that will seem infinitely deep to some and chafingly dry to others.

| Oct 18, 2008

Unreal characters and story shackle this gloomy tale of unconventional love between a long-lost brother and sister.

Full Review | Jun 4, 2008

Delta is a Hungarian film that rigorously upholds the conventions of the festival art film genre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 22, 2008