The Lost City of Z
Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, which views indigenous populations as savages, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
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June 21, 2017
It's very much a classic adventure movie, and I enjoyed it very much.
April 22, 2017
Although The Lost City of Z held my interest, it felt like a missed opportunity. Like too many biographical movies, this one tries to do too much.
April 20, 2017
Hunnam expertly conveys Fawcett's bravery, spirit and sometimes reckless nature. At times we sense even he knows he might never find absolute proof of the City of Z - but he'll die trying if he must.
June 15, 2017
"The Lost City of Z" is flush with the sort of breathtaking stuff that even the most amazing CGI can't provide. Cinematographer Darius Khondji is the obvious hero, but a lot of the credit goes to the cast.
June 23, 2017
A gorgeous, moody exercise that is equal parts character study and adventure.
April 24, 2017
Miller's riveting, heartfelt portrayal etches a delicate picture underneath the colorful, wild portrait of Fawcett - of the losses suffered at home in service of greater ambitions and fantastical dreams.
April 21, 2017
There is an unexploitative, unsensational grounding to the whole affair that lends it dignity, but that doesn't quite justify the 140-minute runtime.
June 22, 2017
While it didn't exactly make me feel anything, I'm confident that for others, the elements are there to be felt.
May 25, 2017
Gray and Khondji remain ceaseless in their commitment to a kind of classical visual storytelling that Hollywood rarely delivers on these days.
April 21, 2017
It's a bold journey and it's a little bonkers, but like Fawcett, "The Lost City of Z" is admirable in its resilience.
May 26, 2017
The Lost City of Z is a stimulating reconstruction of one man's quest, over decades, for a vanished South American civilisation.
April 21, 2017
The never-ending jungle proves perfectly suited to the filmmaker's lush, operatic aesthetic, as does the film's central theme of escaping one's background, through whatever means necessary.
