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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyDo’s tale is resolutely earthbound. He uses animation as an interrogation into the practice of fictional depiction derived from actual atrocities.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFunan is a stunning piece of animation in which the beauty of the visuals and the horror of the situation are inextricably intertwined.
- 83TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiThe director translates the overwhelming concept of genocide into intimate, daily struggles, and the horror is indisputable, and inescapable; if you ever thought such a historical horror was “unthinkable,” you’ll think again.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe last half hour of Funan is so heavy that the film effectively plays more as tragedy than as triumph, all the more impactful for being true.
- It's an education suitable for both children ready to see the world's shadows, and for adults who may still not comprehend Southeast Asian history beyond the Vietnam War.
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzFunan is structured as a series of carefully choreographed set pieces in which things go from bad to worse to unimaginably awful.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerDespite some narrative cliches, the painstaking way that the movie documents a very dark period in Cambodian history is a noteworthy achievement.
- 70Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievDo has created a tense, heartbreaking ode to a tragic time; a deeply personal story, superbly visualized.
- 63Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonThere are hints that the film will scale itself to the broader historical context of this era, but the screenplay never elaborates on the ethnic strife the undergirds the Cambodian genocide.