2014NR

The Cut

Name: The Cut
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 2014-01-18
Rating: 6.2

DramaFamily15m

🍅58%

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58%

Tomatometer

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66%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

When Fannie offers her father to cut his hair, he accepts. Alain knows that his daughter will do it carefully and thoroughly, as usual. But an outside incident change their plans and confront the precariousness of this shared moment. The cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, between proximity and detachment, for the moment of an haircut. -Written by Colonelle films

Details

DirectorGeneviève Dulude-De Celles

ReleasedJan 18, 2014

Status

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

3 fresh · 4 rotten

Critics consensus

“Ambitious and well-intentioned, The Cut is visually arresting and at times, even emotionally piercing, but ultimately fails to transcend.”

58% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Vanessa H. Larson

RTWashington PostOct 29, 2015

Akin uses a visually compelling yet sober, almost restrained, aesthetic that differs from the more full-throttle approach of some of his previous work.

Tirdad Derakhshani

RTPhiladelphia InquirerOct 15, 2015

Despite its visual beauty and Rahim's extraordinary, and silent, performance, the film never quite manages to connect on an emotional level.

J. R. Jones

RTChicago ReaderOct 1, 2015

Akin has mischievously called the movie a western, and his wide-screen photography gives a sweeping sense of the vast distances separating the hero from his girls.

Josefina Sartora

RTOtroscines.comDec 29, 2023

Fatih Akin never ceases to border on the ridiculous in this picture of war, loss, and desolation. [Full review in Spanish]