Rumours

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Rumours

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Released Oct 18, 2024

1h 43m

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Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

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Critics Consensus

A brainy satire that has a ball turning the supposed adults in the room into helpless children, Rumours spins a one-joke premise into a sophisticated riot.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

It is in many ways Guy Maddin's most mainstream film.

Jan 11, 2025

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Josh Slater-Williams

Little White Lies

If some viewers can still cling onto The West Wing as a comfort watch... there’s something to be said for the appeal of a text offering the total flip side in its portrayal of centrism’s capabilities, especially one as full of punkish spirit as this.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 11, 2024

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Laura Venning

Empire Magazine

If you like your satire incisive you should perhaps look elsewhere, but the state of the world looks even more laughably absurd through Maddin and the Johnsons’ wickedly warped lens.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 10, 2024

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Rumours can be confounding and the first half moves a bit slowly, but it’s also quite mesmerizing and the final hour is chock full of enough doomsday madness to keep the audience intrigued and engaged (as well as confused).

Rated: B+

Dec 19, 2024

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Harry Guerin

RTÉ (Ireland)

Rumours, however, is a head-scratching misstep, a political satire come comedy-horror that goes on for too long and thinks it has more to say than it actually does.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 18, 2024

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Alistair Harkness

Scotsman

... The relentless silliness packs a slyly satirical punch.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 18, 2024

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Dan S

I liked that it was weird and is a critique on how the world works. Good casting and writing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Brandon K

This film actually has a ton of funny moments, but it drones on much too long and at the end it just feels pointless. A lot of deception within the ads as well, hardly any horror here.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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James

This was literally the worst movie I’ve ever seen. It was rambling and disorganized pointless and thoroughly boring. Zero entertainment. I didn’t connect with any of the characters, I was looking at my watch after the first 30 minutes. I would rather kill myself than see this movie again. It was worse than staring at a white wall for two hours. I wish I could unsee it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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David

A lot there but not for everybody.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Eric S

I absolutely enjoyed it—even if I don’t think I understood it. I was like an apocalyptic fever dream someone has while waiting in line at the UN passport office. The acting and dialogue were quite good. I just wish it could have come together more, while retaining its ridiculousness.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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Randy E

It might be a bit better on TV.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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Synopsis

Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Producer: Liz Jarvis, Philipp Kreuzer, Lars Knudsen
Screenwriter: Evan Johnson
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Production Co: Buffalo Gal Pictures, Thin Stuff, Walking Down Broadway, Maze Pictures
Rating: R (Partial Nudity|Violent Content|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2024
Runtime: 1h 43m

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