85
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangAptly named and drolly executed, leading to a transcendently funny, endearing and unexpected finale, The Treasure confirms Corneliu Porumboiu as the joker in the Romanian New Wave pack.
- 90VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasPorumboiu’s particular brand of farce is always shot through with the pulse of everyday life and its Sisyphean struggles. He is, simply put, one of our great contemporary observers of the human comedy.
- 90The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyFilming with long, ironically balanced takes, Porumboiu delivers an ingeniously intricate goofball comedy that evokes heroes of legend while bringing sociological abstractions to mucky life.
- 88Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneThe Treasure is no thriller, but there are moments here that inculcate the stakes with prisoner's-dilemma paranoia.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanLaughs emerge from the recognisable micro-horrors found in modern living, which, if the world was run in the way we all agree it should be run, wouldn’t exist.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerIn Porumboiu’s movies, what you see is never what you get, and there are riches to be had if you just keep looking.
- The Treasure once again demonstrates that even though there is little chance of his breaking down the doors of your next door multiplex, Porumboiu is certainly one of the most original filmmakers to emerge in the recent past.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIn a manner so sly you could overlook it, Porumboiu invests this tissue-thin premise with the shadows of Romanian history.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleAlthough not quite the bounty of its title, The Treasure rewards the patient viewer with a quietly enchanting drama.