Screen Daily by David D'Arcy
Ines and Emilie have tensions between them which are uncomfortably alive, and Langseth’s script is a gnawing reminder that, even when the date of death is set, family quarrels and resentments can still be corrosive.
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Director
Lisa Langseth
Cast
Alicia Vikander,
Eva Green,
Charlotte Rampling,
Charles Dance,
Adrian Lester,
Andreas Dubois
Genre
Drama
Ines and Emilie are two estranged sisters traveling through Europe toward a mysterious destination. Gradually, it becomes clear to Ines why she has been asked to accompany her sister. Horrified at first, she tries to understand Emilie’s intentions as the two women confront their unsettled past and, more importantly, their future.
Screen Daily by David D'Arcy
Ines and Emilie have tensions between them which are uncomfortably alive, and Langseth’s script is a gnawing reminder that, even when the date of death is set, family quarrels and resentments can still be corrosive.
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
For a film that literally isolates its characters from the rest of the world to confront each other head-on, the drama plays more conventional than challenging.
The Film Stage by Christopher Schobert
Euphoria is undeniably a missed opportunity at creating a drama of frayed sisterhood that feels fresh and unique. The film is also too restrained and unambitious to make a grand statement on mortality.
The A.V. Club by A.A. Dowd
The film exhibits almost nothing that resembles recognizable human behavior.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Alicia Vikander, Eva Green and Charlotte Rampling pump some energy into writer-director Lisa Langseth’s overly static, chatty drama, but are let down by a movie that keeps promising — and failing — to blossom into something more.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
Equal parts solemn and sappy, Euphoria marks a well-performed if extremely heavy-handed foray into English-language filmmaking for Swedish director Lisa Langseth.
Film Threat by Nick Rocco Scalia
It’s not that Euphoria lacks good intentions or comes off as superficial in its treatment of death and dying. It’s just that there’s so much potential for grace or humor or despair or horror inherent in its premise. It’s sad to see so much of that thematic territory go so thoroughly, if politely, unexplored.
RogerEbert.com by Nick Allen
Euphoria struggles to be little more than a hum-drum meditation on kicking the bucket.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Notwithstanding a lively turn from Charles Dance as a chatty brain-tumor sufferer and a perfect Charlotte Rampling as a tranquil guide to oblivion, Euphoria gives up the ghost well before either of its unhappy heroines.
Variety by Alissa Simon
The catharsis feels fake and unearned. Moreover, the film lacks the warmth and respect for all of of its characters displayed in Langseth’s previous work.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Kate Taylor
It is not simply that this film is utterly unrealistic – perhaps that can be overlooked; it’s a fable of sorts, set in a scrupulously neutral pan-European setting. What is unforgiveable is that Langseth’s approach to complex emotional issues is unsubtle at best and untruthful at worst.
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