FP

Blue Heron

Sophy Romvari · 2026 · Canada · 88 min
Debut feature. Premiered at Locarno 2025. Named to TIFF's Canada's Top Ten.

FP 88

3 counted · 0 thrown out of 3 read · they ranged from 85 to 92

This is a thin reading. 3 reviews carry it, and they all point the same way. A number built on 3 opinions is worth less than one built on fifty, and we would rather print that here than let the figure imply otherwise.

Every review that built this number, and where we put it.

A splintered, shattering memory piece.

Guy Lodge, Variety
Unmistakable praise, but it is a phrase rather than a case, so we placed it below the reviews that show their work.
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86placed by us

For a brief, miraculous instant, Sasha's catharsis is ours too.

Leonardo Gol, The Film Stage
The praise is specific about what the film does to the viewer and when, and it is argued from the director's earlier work.
quoted in Wikipedia, original not read by us
92placed by us

A drama in which perspectives shift, timelines merge and soft-focus sequences are layered with a documentary-style aesthetic.

Nikki Baughan, Screen Daily
Technique described precisely rather than praised generally. That is the kind of sentence a score should be built out of.
quoted in Wikipedia, original not read by us
85placed by us

Nothing was thrown out of this reading. 3 named critics writing in 3 outlets is not a coordinated wave, and we are not going to invent discards to make the method look busy. How a reading is made.