Rumours

"The danger of movies based on conceptual wit is that they will lose steam as things proceed and the filmmakers run out of ideas. Thankfully, Maddin and the Johnsons effectively develop their story — goofy and absurd though it may be — so that these constant digs at our ineffectual leaders do coalesce into something meaningful and alarming."
– VULTURE

"Sporadically ingenious, occasionally chilling and entirely bonkers, Rumours sees Maddin (writing and directing with his longtime collaborators Evan and Galen Johnson) abandoning his more familiar black-and-white, silent-film aesthetic for vibrant color."
– NEW YORK TIMES

"As something that seeks to confuse and delight you in equal measures, this is seven courses of absurdity, served with a side of tongue in cheek from a trio who know what they’re doing, even if you’re not always sure what that is."
– ROLLING STONE

"Standouts are Blanchett (who execs, together with art-horror favourite Ari Aster), who summons a sly mix of flirtatious gaucheness and bureaucratic decorum, and Dance, who gives his crusty best as a seen-it-all doyen prone to nodding off."
– SCREEN INTERNATIONAL