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Ardor
2013 1h 41m R
Drama
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Western
5.2
36%
24%
48%
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A mysterious man emerges from the Argentinean rainforest to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of mercenaries hired to force them to sell their land.
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Directed By
Pablo Fendrik
Written By
Pablo Fendrik
Studio
Canana
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Cast of Ardor
Gael García Bernal
Kaí
Alice Braga
Vania
Claudio Tolcachir
Tarquinho
Chico Diaz
João
Jorge Sesán
Tulio
Julián Tello
Vando
Lautaro Vilo
Jara
Iván Steinhardt
Man without revolver
Ardor Reviews
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Here is a movie that ends with a can't-miss scenario - a siege on a farmhouse in which the heroes are vastly outnumbered and outgunned - yet still fails to ever quicken your pulse.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
By the time we reached the climactic and fantastically over-the-top showdown, I realized that while the characters were indeed trying to corner the market on smoldering glances, faux-Shakespearean proclamations and in-your-face symbolism.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
As good-looking as the movie and its stars are, "Ardor," whose title refers to a literal state of burning, never manages to catch fire.
New York Daily News
Katherine Pushkar
Writer-director Pablo Fendrik may well have been shooting here for "Pale Rider." But "Ardor" is more like pale imitation.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
After a while ... the sheer brutality and uncomplicated menace of the thugs is wearying.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Much of this movie is bewilderingly slow, while the big action scenes are mostly unbelievable.
Slant Magazine
Carson Lund
It broods along as if it's expressing something monumentally important with each slow-as-molasses camera move.
New York Times
Daniel M. Gold
"Ardor" lacks tension, maybe because the actors are playing archetypes: Little is said, and there are few surprises.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Rechtshaffen
A densely atmospheric, Sergio Leone-steeped western that ultimately proves too reverential for its own good.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Unfortunately the movie loses this supernatural vibe in the second half, settling into a rather literal-minded revenge tale, though like much Argentinian art cinema it makes effective and poetic use of the natural settings.
Village Voice
Simon Abrams
Too bad that Ardor's arrhythmic editing and glacial pacing make it impossible to get lost in its jungles - or to invest in its pseudo-mystical ambiance.
Variety
Peter Debruge
The spirit of Sergio Leone hovers above Argentine director Pablo Fendrik's Ardor, a spooky south-of-the-equator oater -- or "machete Western," if you will -- that trades open desert horizons for dense jungle backdrops.
Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
The reverential film takes itself far too seriously; it ends up being neither sufficiently inventive nor revisionist to surmount its archetypal cliches.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Magical story about a man who emerges from a river to look after a farmer's daughter, the rainforest, and a stunning jaguar.
Tribune News Service
Roger Moore
Clever of them to title this Gael Garcia Bernal jungle thriller with the one thing this movie most lacks -- ardor.
HeraldNet (Everett, WA)
Robert Horton
It pays homage to classic filmmaking, it's got two fine-looking international stars, and it calls attention to the environmental crisis in the rainforest. It's still a dumb movie.
We Got This Covered
Matt Donato
Ardor is a Western in spirit, but with a serious lack of tension, it's far less notable than some of its obvious influences.
NewsBlaze
Prairie Miller
Magical realism meets agrarian guerrilla warfare in a tropical political thriller. As aborigine rainforest resistance with help from a mythical half jaguar guerrilla warrior turning up, goes toe to toe with corporate mercenaries pushing them off the land.
Paste Magazine
Brent Simon
There's only so much redolent framing one can appreciate in a movie so sluggishly paced and untethered to intrigue.
Film Journal International
David Noh
[An] unrelentingly grim and plodding chore of a film.
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