Mona Fastvold's delicate same-sex love story is lit with the kerosene romance of "The Assassination of Jesse James". "The World to Come" is about the things we remember, and not the ones so easy to forget
Mona Fastvold's breath-quickening period romance; it's as simultaneously chilling and warming as a slug of ice-cold vodka, and just as liable to make your mind swim and eyes prick
a superb quartet of actors bring intense feeling to Mona Fastvold's simple, stirring sophomore feature, a love story between two disaffected farm wives in rural New York
"The World to Come" is a ravishingly beautiful love story; Fastvold's romance casts a spell; Kirby gives a fine, charismatic turn as the free-spirited Tallie. But it's Waterston's quieter, more calibrated performance that holds the film together
"The World to Come" has much to recommend it, including the polish and precision of Fastvold's directorial touch and a terrific quartet of leads who, among other things, deliver mouthfuls of unwieldy period dialogue with dexterity and conviction
by Robbie Collin [Daily Telegraph (UK) ]
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