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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianXan BrooksThe 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.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAmong the comforts Vortex refuses is the bittersweet balm of nostalgia. It’s a blunt reckoning with the inevitability of loss, including the loss of memory. We dream for a while, and then we sleep.
- 85TheWrapJason SolomonsTheWrapJason SolomonsWith its uncommonly human touch and restless, unflinching visual aesthetic, Vortex might well be Noe’s finest and most thoughtful work.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangDoubtless, due to Noé’s own real-world experiences, “Vortex” is a success, if a dolorous one: a dignified, sometimes desperate tribute to, as the dedication reads, “all those whose minds will decompose before their hearts.”
- 80The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe hushed closing reels are unusual in Noé’s oeuvre in that they generate straightforward empathy and emotion without falling back on gimmicks, trickery or shock tactics.
- 80Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyIt’s his most mature film, an unabashedly and audaciously experimental work.
- 75The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorAt 145 minutes, few locations, and very little dialogue, this unflinching look at the fate that awaits us is anything but expeditious—yet it demands to be seen, a radical film with as much capacity to shock as it does to burden the tear ducts. It is amongst his very best.
- 75Slant MagazinePat BrownSlant MagazinePat BrownMerciless but affecting, Vortex suggests that one respite from the loneliness of life lived in the shadow of death is the realm of dreams.
- 55Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerPaste MagazineBrianna ZiglerVortex, while visually captivating, only functions as a window through which to look at death detached from the beauty of life.