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Roger Ebert praises Andrey Zvyagintsev's Russian drama as a \"singular artistic vision\" that explores the themes of politics, religion and the Russian soul. He analyzes the film's symbolism, imagery and characters, and compares it to Tarkovsky's work.
A deep-sea thriller with an unusually strong cast and potent ideas, Leviathan quickly plunges into an abyss of weak thrills and lame kills. Read Critics Reviews
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- Peter Weller
Nov 6, 2014 · Leviathan is a tragic drama, compelling in its moral seriousness, with a severity and force that escalate into a terrible, annihilating sort of grandeur. Zvyagintsev combines an Old Testament ...
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- Peter Bradshaw
Critics noted the film as being formidable, [9] [10] dealing with quirks of fate, power and money. [9] The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. [11] . Zvyagintsev and Negin won the award for Best Screenplay. [12] .
Dec 24, 2014 · R. 2h 20m. By Manohla Dargis. Dec. 24, 2014. As its imposing title suggests, the Russian drama “Leviathan” is something of a monster movie. It turns on a modern-day Job who endures trials and...
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
Dec 25, 2014 · Vladimir Putin’s Russia – brutal, carnivorous, delusional, but monstrously well-evolved for crushing both spirits and lives large and small – is taken to task in this excoriating portrait of the state’s omnivorous hunger for control in a far-flung northern fishing community on the Barents Sea. Read More.
Dec 25, 2014 · Leviathan lives up to its title, offering trenchant, well-crafted social satire on a suitably grand scale. A Russian fisherman (Alexey Serebryakov) fights back when a corrupt mayor tries to seize...
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