^ "Venice to Kick Off Awards Season With New Films From Coen Brothers, Luca Guadagnino and Alfonso Cuaron"."Jeff Goldblum's Next Role Is the Man Who Tried to Perfect Lobotomies in Rick Alverson's 'The Mountain' ". The website's critics consensus reads: " The Mountain finds its provocative director further honing his craft - but formal flair and an engrossing Jeff Goldblum performance may not be enough to sway the unconverted." References Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian was less enthusiastic, commending Jeff Goldblum's supporting turn and finding aspects of the film "rather brilliant" but that it ultimately "succumbs to a rather banal inability to decide where to take the story." Īs of October 2021, 64% of the 58 critical reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average of 5.8/10.
Eric Kohn of IndieWire praised the film, saying it is the "warmest and most inviting work from a director who traffics in an acquired taste." Guy Lodge, writing for Variety, wrote that "Alverson's serene affectations serve a stern, stark thesis about our evolving understanding of mental health, as well as America's dubious romanticization of its heartland." The film received generally mixed reviews following its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, though Goldblum's performance as Dr. That same month, Kino Lorber acquired U.S. It also screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019. The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2018.
He brings the car to a rest, gets out and stands in the snow, shivering and looking toward the mountain's peak. Andy takes Jack's car and drives Susan down a snowy mountain road. Andy and Susan attend one of Jack's music therapy sessions. Wallace drops Andy off at Jack's home and departs. Andy subsequently submits to being lobotomized. Wallace questions Andy, during which he states that Susan was his first sexual encounter, that he believes his dreams are real, and that he believes it has been his mother's spirit communicating through the planchette. Andy repeats the behavior, destroying the chairs in the hallway and shouting at the hospital attendants just as the patient had before being restrained. At the next institution, Andy watches as an insubordinate patient is dragged across a hallway by hospital employees.
While initially unresponsive, Susan displays affection towards Andy after he touches her. Later that night, Andy sneaks out and hitchhikes back to Jack's house, where a drunken Jack rants about life and art in a mixture of French and English. Wallace interrupts them, then performs the procedure. While Wallace prepares his equipment in the other room, Susan seduces Andy and they start having sex. Jack requests that Wallace perform a lobotomy on Susan, who has been exhibiting rebellious behavior. There, they meet Jack (Lavant) and his daughter, Susan (Gross). On one occasion, Andy meets a woman who tells him that her daughter Susan is a patient at their next destination. At night, Andy repeatedly attempts to contact his mother's spirit using a planchette. The duo travel from asylum to asylum, Wallace performing lobotomies while Andy reluctantly documents. He invites Andy to travel with him, having Andy act as his photographer, journalist, and assistant. Wallace Fiennes (Goldblum), the man responsible for his mother's lobotomy. After Frederick dies suddenly on the ice, Andy encounters family friend Dr. In the 1950s, young introvert Andy (Sheridan) works at his father Frederick's (Kier) ice rink following the institutionalization, lobotomization, and presumed death of his mother.
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