This beguiling film has the cadences of a fairy tale — prophetic visions, magical coincidences, behavior echoed across the years — but Marcello, who came up through the documentary world, expertly blends the immediate and the airy.

| Dec 9, 2023

An enchanting story that witnesses the romance of two young people with mixed magical elements, along with a grounded look at the people’s ignorance and misunderstanding.

| Sep 8, 2023

It’s a charming, if airy, yarn, but the craftsmanship in front of and behind the camera makes Scarlet a gorgeous escape.

| Aug 18, 2023

It’s Marcello’s version of providing magical realism onto the screen – slowly evoking feelings of transcendence and cinematic ecstasy.

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

It’s their relationship with each other that anchors this dreamy, delightful gem, as it’s evident in each of their interactions that the other is the most important person in the world.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 12, 2023

Filmed in Super 16mm like its predecessor this sparkles, especially with intimate feeling and pure affection for the craft [filmmaking].

| Jul 11, 2023

Sparkles especially with intimate feeling and pure affection for the craft.

| Jul 10, 2023

In the end, there’s perhaps a little less substance here than one would like. Still, most of Scarlet is lovely, especially in literal visual terms, and its ample charm is given some measure of ballast by Thiery...

| Jul 6, 2023

Lacking nerve, this inefficiently executed story never reaches the required emotional power to work as a whole.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 30, 2023

It's all over the place, which to some extent I like as opposed to just another straight ahead film.

| Jun 28, 2023

It’s the supple, harmonious sorcery of love and flight Marcello is after with this countryside tale.

| Jun 27, 2023

Metabolizing fairytale elements, Scarlet thatches together a portrait of matriarchy against a backdrop of historical change...

| Jun 24, 2023

Watching this film is like reading a lovely, lyrical elegy with a beginning as enigmatic as its ending.

| Jun 20, 2023

A timeless coming-of-age tale told beautifully by Marcello and his collaborators, Scarlet is a cinematic treat for the eyes, the ears, and the heart.

| Jun 16, 2023

The film, even in the social-realist mode of its first half, possesses a magical quality...a sustained ambience of naive wonder.

| Jun 16, 2023

A movie that winds up saying a lot less about these characters and this period in history than it intends.

| Jun 13, 2023

The movie's stubborn insistence on going where inspiration takes it is fascinating.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 9, 2023

The sensual photography is a joy to behold, and some aspects of the story are an intriguing array of provocative introspections. Sadly, it is mostly a mundane exercise that does not reach the heights of fancy its characters perceive for themselves.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 9, 2023

Some inventive visual flourishes and narrative twists elevate this otherwise uneven coming-of-age saga.

| Jun 9, 2023

The story of a single father and his only daughter during a time of much uncertainty, Scarlet itself seems uncertain of its characters and the story it wants to tell.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 9, 2023