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Ten Canoes Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    82

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A marvel of warm collaboration and shared jokes about husbands and wives, shot both in dreamscape color and pristine black and white.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Variety

    Anthropology and entertainment are marvelously married in Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes. The first feature in an Australian Aboriginal language feels authentic to the core as it tells a cautionary tale set 1,000 years ago.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Ten Canoes is nonetheless audacious and impressive, but challenging work, requiring steadfast concentration.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    There is nothing more enthralling than a good yarn, and Ten Canoes interweaves two versions of the same story, one filmed in black and white and set a thousand years ago, and an even older one, filmed in color and set in a mythic, prehistoric past.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    In telling this ancient story with style and humor, de Heer and his Aboriginal collaborators promote cultural understanding and acceptance by stealth, if you will.

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