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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergRight from the superbly framed opening scene of Kostis on the ferry, the visuals satisfy with their unerring sense of composition.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is superbly directed and shot with great scenes.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyReplete with sometimes startling imagery...Suntan captures a set of very specific feelings: the exhilaration and embarrassment of falling, followed by the desperate denial that one has landed in a very bad place.
- 70Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriStructurally, there’s little that’s new in Suntan. The tale of a middle-aged man delusionally pursuing youth and beauty reaches back to Thomas Mann and beyond. But Papadimitropoulos has a feel for the physicality of this world, for contrasting postures and gestures.
- 50Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayArgyris Papadimitropoulos struggles to lift his material out of a downbeat mode of cringe comedy.
- 50RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenWhile Suntan is more than just a tale about an older man becoming involved with a younger woman, it's unfortunately not as profound when it later claims to be a statement on the movie you think you're watching.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungA professionally mounted but bluntly misanthropic character-study, the director's second solo outing wallows in the worst of human nature with little reward at the end of a mechanically inexorable downward spiral.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe story might have had some thematic heft if we knew or cared anything about the characters. But all we can glean about the disastrous Kostis is that he’s had hard times, while Anna is a total cipher.