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Luzzu Reviews
Resembling a Ken Loach film with added sunshine, Alex Camilleri’s drama shows someone struggling against economic pressures in Malta.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 2, 2022
Camilleri combines the pathos and character development of an indie film with moments of real tension — not something you can often say about the world of fishing.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 2, 2022
The film achieves what it intends to, but perhaps lacks personality.
| Original Score: 3/5 | May 24, 2022
Fresh, if not revolutionary.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 2, 2021
The film goes exactly where one doesn't expect.
| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 2, 2021
Alex Camilleri and cinematographer Léo Lefèvre capture the dying art of Maltese fishing with sincerity, curiosity, and realism.
| Nov 6, 2021
A moving portrait of a world in flux, and one man attempting to survive the changes thrust upon him by a baffling outside world.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 15, 2021
Malta's views are arresting, but the images Camilleri chooses would never be found in a travel brochure.
| Oct 14, 2021
An authentic and affecting depiction of an ordinary man struggling to exist in a modern and corrupt world.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2021
A ravishing portrait of tradition in transition, Luzzu brings Malta to the forefront.
| Feb 8, 2021
[An] immersive plunge into the crushing reality of being a fisherman in Malta.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 2, 2021
An honest, affecting slab of working-class portraiture, altogether bracing with its thorny labor politics and salty sea air.
| Feb 2, 2021
The impressive feature debut from Maltese-American writer and director Alex Camilleri manages to be both self-contained, in its depiction of an embattled community, but also unexpectedly far-reaching in its themes.
| Jan 30, 2021
The dramatic arc of "Luzzu" is slight, with Camilleri more interested in people and place than telling a captivating story. But Jesmark Scicluna makes the film compelling nonetheless...
| Original Score: B | Jan 30, 2021
Naturalistic and a bit on-the-nose in spots, the film is also a moving tale of real-world strife - a sort of low-key, contemporary take on Visconti's neorealist classic La Terra Trema...
| Jan 30, 2021