The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.... (Full plot summary below)
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The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.
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| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyOne leaves Vortex feeling cleansed by fire. |
| The Irish TimesTara BradyUnnervingly naturalistic performances from two cinematic legends – the great Italian giallo master Dario Argento, the great Italian giallo master and the star of La Maman et La Putain – add to the sense of loss. |
| CineVueChristopher MachellThe Argentinian director’s follow-up to 2019’s Lux Æterna is a typically difficult watch, subjecting us to the grinding indignities of old age, but it also a deeply moving study of lifelong love and loyalty to the bitter end. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawVortex tells us something else about old age, something which a severe and high-minded movie like Michael Haneke’s Amour would not grasp: death is chaotic, like life. It ends with things undone and in messy disarray. This is a work of wintry maturity, and real compassion. |
| Original-CinLiam LaceyApart from the inspired split-screen gimmick, the film works because the cast is superb, with Argento as the impatient, angry old lion holding on to his threads of power. Lebrun’s performance, though, is the heart of the film. |
| The GuardianXan BrooksNoé’s extraordinary film unfolds as a tale of murmured terrors and nameless dread, creeping softly around a cramped Paris apartment like a cinematic Grim Reaper. |
| The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonVortex looks unsparingly at characters at the end of life, and finds their experiences as scary as any traditional horror tale. |
| TheWrapJason SolomonsWith its uncommonly human touch and restless, unflinching visual aesthetic, Vortex might well be Noe’s finest and most thoughtful work. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangIt is a remarkable piece of filmmaking, rigorously controlled in ways that he doesn’t always evince: It’s a bone-deep sensory immersion that never feels merely sensationalist, anchored by two performances of astonishing commitment and emotional power. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriThere’s an unflinching, near-clinical relentlessness to the picture, but therein lies its compassion and empathy. |
