Directed By:Ariel Kleiman
Written By:Ariel Kleiman, Sarah Cyngler, Claire Moorsom
Partisan
Metascore
Mixed or Average
50
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
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Jul 13, 2015
75
It is slow and it is ambiguous but it is supremely sure of itself, as it moves, with singleminded grace from chilly to all-out chilling.
Sep 29, 2015
63
Ariel Kleiman fashions an erotic atmosphere of dusty sensuality that complicates our judgement of this world, but he takes shortcuts.
Sep 29, 2015
60
Cassel is never less than transfixing as a savior with a semi-sinister smile, but Partisan's lack of interest in providing necessary context — especially about the ill-defined larger society that Gregori rejects — leaves it operating on a hazy psychological level.
Sep 30, 2015
58
That sense of mystery definitely keeps Partisan intriguing, though it also creates expectations that Kleiman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sarah Cyngler, isn’t especially interested in fulfilling.
Oct 2, 2015
50
Partisan, Cassel’s latest movie that smartly keeps his innate menace on a slow, low simmer, isn’t nearly as convincing or compelling as its star.
Oct 1, 2015
40
The screenwriters, Ariel Kleiman (who is also the director) and Sarah Cyngler, have cut their story loose from any real significance, leaving us with Gregori, who has no discernible political views and no unifying beliefs, even delusional ones.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Nov 5, 2017
5
A 5 may be the highest rating I ever gave to a film that I just could not bear to see through to the end. I got about halfway through and just gave up. The premise of a cult that sends out child assassins is both startling and horrifying, but the film does little or nothing to make me believe in the story. Virtually no time is spent in demonstrating that the leader of the cult, Gregori, has the power or ability to lead such a cult, which, by the way, requires him to somehow persuade women to contribute their children, indeed their whole lives, to the activities of the cult, and so the whole thing comes to seem both implausible and very predictable. It's an interesting premise, the acting is OK, the dialog isn't bad, and so I give the film a 5 instead of a 2 or 3. Borrow the DVD from your local library and be sure you have another film available in case you can't sit through Partisan either. I don't recommend that you make the attempt.
Production Company:
- Animal Kingdom
- Carver Films
- Warp Films Australia
Release Date:Oct 2, 2015
Duration:1 h 34 m
Tagline:A World within will not sustain the will to freedom.
Awards
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 6 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 4 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
