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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorCooked with a broth of a few too many ideas, A Land Imagined is a so-close-to-being-great Singapore neo-noir that does all the right things, but simply does too many of them in its snappy 95-minute running time.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichA Land Imagined is a film that’s intent on losing its own sense of self, a goal that Yeo fulfills by never allowing it to have one in the first place; he digs a rabbit-hole, and then falls right into it. It’s fascinating to watch Yeo tumble down into the depths, but eventually it starts to feel as though he’ll never hit the bottom.
- 75Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneWriter-director Yeo Siew Hua suggests that becoming another person is as easy as dreaming it.
- 70Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterThe switch towards something more unexpected is initially disconcerting, but ultimately reveals an ambitious filmmaker striving to subvert expectations.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijYeo isn’t experienced enough to convincingly pull off genre acrobatics this complex, delivering a film that often feels derivative in terms of its style and that doesn’t have the storytelling goods to let all these different influences coalesce coherently.
- 50VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay Weissberg"Land” will feel overly familiar to those looking for more than well-intentioned musings on the horrendous treatment of guest workers.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinA Land Imagined never congeals into anything intriguing or compelling enough to earn our required patience.