SummaryEdward (Tom Hiddleston) is preparing to leave for a year of voluntary service in Africa. His mother Patricia (Kate Fahy) and his sister Cynthia (Lydia Leonard) decide to gather the family together, on a remote island, as a farewell trip to say goodbye to Edward. Hired cook Rose (Amy Lloyd) and painting teacher Christopher (Christopher Baker), tho... Read More
Directed By:Joanna Hogg
Written By:Joanna Hogg
Archipelago
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
82
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Jun 26, 2014
100
There is something exacting and audacious in it, something superbly controlled in its composition and technique. The clarity of her film-making diction is a marvel – even, or perhaps especially, when the nature of the story itself remains murkily unrevealed.
Jun 26, 2014
100
In most movies, something happens; in Archipelago, many things happen, quietly yet meaningfully.
Jun 26, 2014
80
In long, static takes, Hogg calmly exposes the gulf between polite facades and repressed resentments.
Jun 26, 2014
80
Archipelago confirms Hogg as a daring and mischievous artist, and a major British talent whose next move will be intriguing.
Jun 26, 2014
60
Shot with grace and precision but paced with all the urgency of a Sunday afternoon stroll, Joanna Hogg's Haneke-lite study of an English middle class family is a well-crafted affair elevated by terrific moments.
Jun 26, 2014
30
Filmed in permanent twilight with a static camera and no music, it is gloomy and unrewarding with an oblique and uninformative script.
User score
Generally Favorable
56% Positive
5 Ratings
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22% Mixed
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22% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Jul 27, 2022
6
This is a laidback film with little going on other than long discussions, in a very foreign holiday type setting. The surroundings do provide good cinematography/atmosphere certainly and its not unpleasant, its just a bit slow and it's not exactly exciting. There's a decent cast and it has a light and somewhat pleasant feel to it tonally but there's not much else I can say about it **** focusses on middle to upper middle class people and features a number of conversations held between various characters in a, as I say, laidback setting - hardly action packed or gripping stuff but it's ok I suppose. I wouldn't specifically recommend this film as such, no.
Production Company:
- Wild Horses Film Company
Release Date:Jun 27, 2014
Duration:1 h 54 m
Awards
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 3 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 3 Nominations
