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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasWorking about as far as possible from the commercial mainstream of the movie business, Costa has again made a singular docu-fiction hybrid that defies classification as readily as it reimagines the possibilities of cinema for the post-spectacle, post-theatrical era.
- 90The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe puzzle-box narrative only grows more hypnotic with repeat viewings. The movie insists on having the audience, like Ventura, pass through madness to reach catharsis.
- 88Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneCosta's storytelling is illusory at best, but Horse Money's self-contradictions are communicated not via plot half as much as in scenography, even in the costuming.
- 88RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAs gorgeous and impenetrable as a dream.
- 83The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicTremendously evocative and inherently enchanting, Horse Money is one of the year’s most profound films and an essential step forward for both Ventura the Cape Verdean, and Pedro Costa the artist.
- 83The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskySleepwalking through a role is just about the worst insult you could level at an actor, professional or otherwise, but that’s more or less what Ventura — again playing a poetic representation of himself — does here.
- 80CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonIt's a singular and deeply resonant work that finds a mesmerising poetry amidst the chiaroscuro rubble of post-colonial Portugal.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungA phantasmagorical vision of psychological purgatory, Horse Money (Cavalo dinheiro) will enrapture some while leaving others dangling in frustrated limbo.
- 60Time OutDavid EhrlichTime OutDavid EhrlichHorse Money is an ordeal, but you’ll be glad that Costa was there to help Ventura’s words find their way through the cracks.