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(1 - 11) of 11 OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh Page   1   A "The most original film I've seen in years."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "Apichatpong Weerasethakul beautifully evokes the existential fiber between sexual desire and cultural myth."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3/5 "Tropical Malady is a mesmerizing Thai film about the mysteries of human desire and the power of darkness where dreams and memories merge."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat C "A purposefully incomplete vision of magic, myth, and love that requires the viewer to fill in the gaps."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 8/10 "The division of the two halves is pronounced and disruptive ... but the filmmaking is assured and focused, reaching for abstraction and poetry."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 94/100 "Apichatpong poetically expresses the transformative quality of love, realizing a kind of intense profundity that simply could not be reached in any other medium."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman A- "As stylistically striking as it is adventurous."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "Those of us unfamiliar with Thai folklore will have a very rough time unpacking the film's lovely and dense symbolism."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline A+ "[a]haunting masterpiece...He [Weerasethakul] is one of the most expressive, important contemporary; his abilities as a master formalist are a large reason for this."   TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)   Rick Curnutte A- "A film more textural than narrative, it's for viewers willing to lose themselves in a truly sensual jungle experience."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "It's not the kind of movie you simply leave behind in the theater. It will follow you home, leaving only a trail of soft, invisible paw prints."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek  (1 - 11) of 11 OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh Page   1