“Superbly crafted from beginning to end, Portrait of a Lady on Fire is going to be lots of people’s favourite film of the year. It’s romantic, political, sensitive and sensory. If your idea of great cinema is to watch the play of emotions make their way across the face of a character trying to suppress them, this film is going to be right up your alley.”

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“... a film so dark (in luminance terms) that I often couldn’t tell what was going on.”

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“The 60-second ad for a $250 plastic PAW Patrol aircraft carrier before the film starts gives you an idea of why this film even exists.”

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“... cleverly manages to criticise Samoan culture at the same time as celebrating it — a culture that can deal with disputes by formal public speechmaking or by rocks and machetes but not much in between. For New Zealand audiences: not to be missed. For international audiences: not to be missed.”

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