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The Mountain Reviews
The Mountain is uniquely brutal. It offers little entertainment for many viewers, but for anyone who can recognize this kind of melancholy, it might be a dark catharsis.
| Feb 27, 2020
Think the meticulously manipulated, taxidermically inspired compositions of Roy Andersson with his Scandinavian humor substituted by David Lynch's brand of dread, and you get a pretty good idea what it's like to be sucked into The Mountain.
| Oct 23, 2019
[The Mountain] doesn't allow its characters to make much of an impression.
| Original Score: D | Oct 3, 2019
One can easily watch the film the way Andy takes part in Wallace's odyssey-but you'll probably be disappointed if you expect the various ideas to add up to more than the sum of their parts.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 1, 2019
It is clearly aiming to be a truly discomfiting moviegoing experience and on that level, it certainly succeeds.
| Sep 27, 2019
The established mood continues through the whole of the movie, but that third act ... desperately tries to frame a tone poem of despair as something more significant.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 27, 2019
The Mountain is so keen on flouting the narrative expectations of an active hero that, once Goldblum leaves the picture, it results in a dead-end atmosphere.
| Aug 29, 2019
The Mountain is an unusual feature, but it benefits from Alverson's keen visual eye and the two strong performances from Sheridan and Goldblum.
| Aug 24, 2019
Sheridan and Goldblum are a ghastly duo in the spellbinding film that falls somewhere between David Lynch and Yorgos Lanthimos.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 22, 2019
Its depiction of the human condition, as well as its flat-out oddness, will likely linger in your thoughts long after it ends.
| Aug 13, 2019
If [Jeff] Goldblum's signature performance tics are largely dialed back, then [Tye] Sheridan barely registers, all slouches with hands jammed in pockets. He's also ideal for the part in a way a more dynamic performer wouldn't be.
| Aug 9, 2019
Bizarre and haunting, this lobotomy drama will leave you hollow.
| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 8, 2019
There's a chill about "The Mountain" that's conveyed in visual terms. And then it all, slowly and then completely, falls apart.
| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 6, 2019
If you love stylization for its own sake, you might really enjoy The Mountain (and that goes double if you're from the "expressionless means really deep" school of thought)...
| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 2, 2019
The Mountain has productive veins of ore for those willing to mine it. But be aware that finding gems will require sweat equity.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2019
[Jeff] Goldblum is tailor-made for this, adapting his larger-than-life persona to a character who is both kind and sinister. He conveys this enigma magnetically.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 29, 2019
If you want to see trauma, you'll get an eyeful here.
| Original Score: B | Jul 29, 2019
Rick Alverson returns with a jaundiced look at 50s Americana which, with a collection of show-stealing performances, is one of the year's best films.
| Jul 29, 2019
Despite the strong performances and stylish visuals, it maintains a frustrating emotional distance while gradually becoming more tedious than provocative.
| Jul 27, 2019