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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The Film StageEd FranklThe Film StageEd FranklIt’s a spiritual, ambiguously plotted journey through the Atlas Mountains, and those willing to give in to its mystical embrace and gorgeous visuals should find it a sensual, engrossing watch.
- 80CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonIt's a sparse and ravishing meditation on faith.
- 75Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardMimosas confounds its surface narrative with intimations of more layered meanings to come through a jockeying of story threads.
- 70Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyThis is partly a consummate figures-in-a-landscape study, with characters – and their accompanying mules - often merging into the vastness of a varied, but usually profoundly, inhospitable landscape. But the cast makes striking use of non-professionals, and Laxe has an unerring eye for faces that tell a story.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyPerhaps Mimosas is nothing more than a high-minded (but very affectionate) paean to naïveté, an incomplete adventure that eschews both sophistication and interpretation.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinWith such an elliptical tease of a plot, which jumps back and forth temporally disdaining explication, some may feel a little of this travelogue goes a long way.
- 60VarietyBen KenigsbergVarietyBen KenigsbergThose familiar with the ethnographic works of Ben Rivers (who gets a thanks in the closing credits) and the films of Argentine director Lisandro Alonso (“Jauja”) will find much to admire in the movie’s combination of spiritual musings and stunning landscapes.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAt best ambiguous and at worst unfathomable, Mimosas, the sophomore feature from the Spanish director Oliver Laxe, merges harsh reality and offbeat mysticism into a reflection on the tug between our higher powers and baser instincts.
- An intriguing tale of faith under pressure emerges, but it’s too slow and simple to truly convince.