…this might not be his best known work, but Incendies is probably Villeneuve's best film to date; if you’re willing to witness the aftermath of unspeakable events, it’s a particularly potent exploration of the twisted morality of a terrorist act…

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 12, 2024

The steely elegance of Villeneuve’s emphatic camera movements and framing are as much of the “story” as the terrors past unearthed by two grown, yet innocent children.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jul 4, 2024

Before he was surfing the sand dunes of Arakkis, Denis Villeneuve was telling a more searing story about overzealous characters waging a holy war in the desert.

| Mar 9, 2024

It is, indisputably, Villeneuve's best film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 8, 2024

Not an easy watch by any means, but Incendies is a haunting, sometimes harrowing, intimate epic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 17, 2023

A powerful, atmospheric drama about Canadian siblings who travel to the Middle East to solve a family mystery.

| Aug 18, 2022

Often difficult to explain itself… too much information. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 9, 2022

Denis Villeneuve's family drama goes to unexpected places that for better or for worse, stay with you for quite some time. Rewarding for those who stay the course. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 11, 2021

Incendies is a gripping film, mostly because of the fearless performance of Belgian-born, half Moroccan, half Spanish actress [Lubna] Azabal.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 8, 2019

Dominated by periods of eerie calm followed by sudden, astonishing mood swings, Incendies is intelligent, emotionally complex world cinema at its finest.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Although "Incendies" shows very little violence, the burden of knowing what's taking place off-screen is just as difficult for the audience to stomach.

| Oct 7, 2015

Watching Incendies is a long, hard, and emotionally draining experience but one that richly rewards the time and effort invested.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 4, 2012

Every time the film begins to feel more like a history lesson than a drama, it explodes into action.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 11, 2011

It's a raw and brutal look at the unending strife in the region, but it's also an unforgettable mystery that keeps the audience riveted through one surprising plot turn after another.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 4, 2011

...an intense and shattering experience, a nearly great film about promises and kinship and the secret, cruel lives our parents lived before we knew them

| Original Score: 87/100 | Jul 24, 2011

A story of hope amid the ruins -- one that everybody can appreciate, no matter their politics.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 22, 2011

Enthralling and very disturbing.

| Jul 10, 2011

How aware is Villeneuve that his hard work, with all its gems, lets Israel and the United States in particular off the hook?

| Jun 30, 2011

A beautifully filmed and movingly performed drama which explores how personal motives breed political radicalism, Incendies is occasionally - but not fatally - stymied by its clever-clever narrative contrivance.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 29, 2011

Incendies acquires its heft from some very deep places -- Greek tragedy rather than newsflashes.

| Jun 28, 2011