80
Screen International by Allan Hunter
As free-wheeling as a Preston Sturges farce, the handsome-looking Mug feels scattershot at times but it does convey the sense of a Poland racing towards hell in a hand cart.
Mug (Twarz)
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- Poland
- 2018
- · 91m
Director
Małgorzata Szumowska
Cast
Mateusz Kościukiewicz,
Agnieszka Podsiadlik,
Malgorzata Gorol,
Roman Gancarczyk,
Dariusz Chojnacki,
Robert Talarczyk
Genre
Comedy,
Drama
Jacek’s life is thrown wildly off course by a terrible work accident that leaves him completely disfigured. Eagerly followed by the Polish media, he becomes the first person in the country to receive a face transplant. Though he may be celebrated as a national hero and martyr, he no longer recognizes himself in the mirror.
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80
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Mug is a strange, engaging film – well and potently acted and directed, a drama that puts you inside its extended community with a mix of robust realism and a streak of fantasy comedy.
80
Screen Daily by Allan Hunter
As free-wheeling as a Preston Sturges farce, the handsome-looking Mug feels scattershot at times but it does convey the sense of a Poland racing towards hell in a hand cart.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
This study in weathering adversity and adjusting to what life hands you makes some worthy points about human and institutional callousness.
60
Variety by Jessica Kiang
Szumowska...wants to tackle manifold issues, often unrelated to each other, and her attention feels magpie-ish and unsettled.
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