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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellFire Will Come is of an enigmatic and poetic cinema, borne of fierce, barely-contained vision.
- 80The Observer (UK)Simran HansThe Observer (UK)Simran HansLaxe has a masterly command of rhythm and pacing. The action feels unhurried, despite the film’s tight running time, and there is a spaciousness to the world-building; attentive sound design and 16mm photography capture Galicia’s damp, green allure.
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievLike the inferno it depicts, Laxe’s film casts an entrancing spell.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneThe film is much more in synchrony with the haziness of its imagery when it preserves the awkwardness between characters, the impossibility for anything other than life’s basic staples to be exchanged.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyFire Will Come practically becomes a documentary, and a devastating one at that.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyQuiet, slow-moving, ambiguous character studies might be a dime a dozen on the festival circuit, but there are few that remind us that there are things out there that still feel as big as myth.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichRugged, elemental, and restrained to a degree that suggests its director finds poetry in even the simplest things (his camera lingers on rolling fog or the face of a farm animal with a reverence that might prove trying for those not on his wavelength), “Fire Will Come” is a slight but evocative meditation on making peace with something that isn’t possible to understand nor extinguish.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawI find myself admiring his visual and compositional sense, while being a bit exasperated by the provisional and coyly non-committal nature of his storytelling.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsThat opening scene is also, in retrospect, somewhat depressing for the way that it conflates a glib fatalism with an unbelievable sort of turn-the-other-cheek optimism ("If they hurt others, it's because they hurt, too,” as Benedicta says in one scene).