Lights in the Dusk Critic Reviews
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There's great music, an excellent dog, and that indescribable Kaurismäki tension between misery and a cosmic joke.Read the full review
Without Kaurismäki to introduce these lonely, forgotten souls to audiences, who's going to be his friend?Read the full review
There's a dry humor underlying the absurdity of Koistinen's experience. When things cannot possibly get worse, they do.Read the full review
Lights in the Dusk finds veteran Finnish helmer Aki Kaurismaki treading water with an amiable but very undercooked noirish fable about a security guard done wrong by a femme fatale.Read the full review
Lights will put in more appearances at festivals before achieving a brief theatrical window for Kaurismaki devotees to gaze through. Most will do so with discouragement.Read the full review
This spare, minimalist film is not realistic. It has the simplicity of a silent movie, and the blocking of the actors, especially in the scenes with Koistinen and Mirja, emphasizes the distances between them.Read the full review
