Post Tenebras Lux

Variety by

The title, signifying “light after darkness,” derives from the Latin translation of the Book of Job, an appropriate source given that a considerable amount of the prophet’s proverbial patience is required. Not that the pic doesn’t have its frequent rewards.

Empire by Angie Errigo

Reygadas' big ideas translate with mixed results.

Time Out London by Dave Calhoun

The film’s said to be autobiographical, but that’s entirely left to us to guess.

Slant Magazine by Ed Gonzalez

Carlos Reygadas's latest, an almost impossibly intellectual film, keeps us at a remove that's as striking as that which separates its main character from the lower classes.

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

The issue with Post Tenebras Lux is that the narrative, not the filmmaker, feels dispiritedly half-baked.

Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan

There's visual poetry here, in small doses, but it doesn't take long for one's patience to run out.

The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young

Pretty pictures alone do not in themselves great cinema make - not for the first time, Reygadas' waywardly wilful approach to screenwriting and structure severely outweighs whatever fleeting pleasures his movies may impart.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

An irritating, baffling, fascinating film.

The Playlist by Simon Abrams

Post Tenebras Lux is certainly unique, but Reygadas is often intensely more interested in provoking his audience than actually fleshing out his heady ideas.