The closest a movie has come to replicating that feeling of being an unwanton and unmoveable observer in a dark, monstrously racist alt-right space.

| Jul 4, 2024

Mungiu, with a sociopolitical view, offers a sober diagnosis of intolerance, immigration and the strong xenophobia of a Romanian society closed in on itself as a horde at the service of national identity. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 29, 2024

Has a dry sense of humor that turns this dark tale into a kind of cautionary satire, an incisive mockery of small town politics and nationalist fervor.

| Jan 2, 2024

Cristian Mungiu’s tragicomic examination of EU economics, refugees, and Christmas delivers both as blistering social commentary and an unsparing portrait of community groupthink.

| Dec 20, 2023

With a shaky camera that adds tension to the events that are built up, this film makes the viewer empathize with the characters and, at the same time, not wanting to do so because of the universe that this implies entering. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 19, 2023

RMN is the Romanian acronym for “nuclear magnetic resonance” and, sure enough, modern master Cristian Mungiu’s urgent, fiercely intelligent migration drama doubles as a laser-enhanced dissection of European hypocrisies and contradictions.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 6, 2023

A classic example of the director’s dedication to naturalism and boasts several superb sequences, but it tries a bit too hard to encompass more topics than it can comfortably handle.

| Dec 6, 2023

The layers of racism and cultural rift that exist in the village turn into a political game of lies and hypocrisy that eventually reveal stunning and difficult truths about certain characters.

| Dec 6, 2023

Though Mungiu takes a heavy hand with the symbolism, particularly in a head-scratcher of a final moment, his main characters remain irreducible in the face of a conflict that’s seemingly cut-and-dried.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2023

In its furious disputes over immigration, vanishing jobs, nationalism and enlightenment values, R.M.N. depicts a reality that, like it or not, hits very close to home.

| Dec 6, 2023

The film manages to capture many of the quandaries and standoffs communities around the world might struggle with -- the clash of ideals and expectations and the conflicts arising from identity and membership.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2023

There are no easy answers, and Mungiu isn’t going to tell us the precise meaning behind the film. Instead, he wants us to ponder its meaning and see what we come up with.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2023

In its depiction of a part of Europe struggling to keep up with neoliberalism, R.M.N. exposes the dark mirror of liberal, globalised western European metropolitanism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 26, 2023

It's elusive and sometimes absurd, assembled from a series of random, expertly staged scenes. And it builds to a powerful climax.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 26, 2023

The European project takes a hefty pummelling in this beautiful yet unrelentingly harsh drama from the Romanian film-maker Cristian Mungiu (Graduation).

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 25, 2023

This measured, contemplative approach works supremely well, gradually tightening its grip as the tensions in the community mount.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 23, 2023

Mungiu has superbly captured the tides and textures of an entire community, seamlessly merging professional and non-professional actors. He remains one of the great X-rayers of humanity in European cinema.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 21, 2023

There are various things here that may draw you in, but unlike some of Mungiu’s other movies, this isn’t a film I’d strongly recommend to anyone unmoved by Romanian socioeconomics.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2023

One of the leading lights of the Romanian new wave, Cristian Mungiu uses earthy locations and low-key storytelling to explore what it is to be human. He’s at his bleakest in R.M.N., a drama inspired by real events.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 21, 2023

The film makes us question how those who have suffered discrimination in their own flesh can become the ones who segregate and exclude the most. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: A | Aug 10, 2023