Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
More broadly this is a resonant, vivid and finally heartbreaking tale about the universal difficulty of marriage and the endless self-delusion of the human condition, driven by a trio of amazing dramatic performances.
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Director
Radu Muntean
Cast
Dragoș Bucur,
Maria Popistașu,
Mimi Brănescu,
Victor Rebengiuc,
Mirela Oprisor,
Ioana Blaj
Genre
Drama,
Romance
Paul Hanganu loves two women. He loves Adriana --- his longtime wife and the mother of their daughter. But he also loves Raluca --- a younger woman who has made him redefine himself. As Christmas rolls around, he must decide who he wants to be with.
Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
More broadly this is a resonant, vivid and finally heartbreaking tale about the universal difficulty of marriage and the endless self-delusion of the human condition, driven by a trio of amazing dramatic performances.
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
The strength of Tuesday, After Christmas, Mr. Muntean's fourth feature, lies in its rigorous, artful and humane fidelity to quotidian circumstance.
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
More about well-observed moments of everyday life than it is about heightened melodrama.
Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
At first glance, Tuesday, After Christmas seems, in both form and content, only a modestly ambitious endeavor. Yet the singular attention with which it carries out its aims-and the rigorous success it ultimately attains-is nonetheless unsparing, and bracing.
Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf
Director Radu Muntean has pulled off the near-impossible, turning each scene (captured in capacious long takes) into arias of generosity for his actors.
Variety
Again, Muntean and his script collaborators offer exceptionally naturalistic dialogue.
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
They breathe originality into an oft-told story.
The Hollywood Reporter by Natasha Senjanovic
The dissected minutiae of this adultery drama unfortunately doesn't add up to a very original or moving whole.
Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
Unrelentingly mundane, as if made with the sole purpose of draining the topic of adultery of any prurient interest.
Boxoffice Magazine by Richard Mowe
Rather than take a broad-brush approach director Muntean boggs us down in the detail of an adulterous affair. There are some similarities with his previous outing "Boogie" in that the main character is a man having a premature mid-life crisis.
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