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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 30 Nov 2017

This profoundly silly exploitation thriller posits the existence of a sinister New York gambling den where gorgeous but penniless immigrants…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for Total Film (3,532) on 30 Nov 2017

This is a taut, timely drama, even if the pay-off doesn't quite match the build-up…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 30 Nov 2017

The plight of America's dreaming paperless, in devastating diptych…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out (7,510) on 29 Nov 2017

It's amazing what difference it makes when a female director is depicting disturbing scenes of women being tormented or victimised…

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By Nikki Baughan (240) for The List (2,018) on 28 Nov 2017

Asensio's beguiling performance keeps the film on track as it builds to an audacious denouement that comes out of the leftfield…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Nov 2017

What makes Most Beautiful Island standout, however, is that it isn’t just about desperation…

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By Bob K (246) on 19 Nov 2017

Three irritating and repulsive creatures appear in this film, and the worst are the children…

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By Leah Pickett (132) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Nov 2017

The second half is chilling and well directed, culminating in a high-wire act of a finale…

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By Nadjib R (104) on 15 Nov 2017

While this one thrives on a certain dark charm that's enticing but that doesn't stop it from being flawed especially in the execution, Ana…

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By Gini C (8) on 14 Nov 2017

It has a hyper realistic narrative which makes you connect with the protagonist and makes you question your morale…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 10 Nov 2017

modestly suspenseful and unsettling without turning heavy-handed…

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By M W (229) on 06 Nov 2017

The critics must have been paid off…

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By Private U (13,627) on 05 Nov 2017

This film is such an impressive debut. It's a very effective, inventive thriller that leaves you thinking…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 03 Nov 2017

It's a tense movie, made both more personal and more unnerving by Asensio's insistence on staying with her protagonist, as the tension of her…

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By Simon Abrams (730) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 03 Nov 2017

Until her plight becomes emotionally engaging during the film's creepy finale 20-30 minutes, watching Most Beautiful Island is an unproductively…

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By Andy Webster (339) for New York Times (5,786) on 02 Nov 2017

Dark corners of the immigrant experience in New York City, especially for women, are frighteningly dramatized in Ana Asensio’s suspense film…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 02 Nov 2017

Anchored by Asensio's fearless and gripping performance, Most Beautiful Island directs an unflinching point of view toward an often invisible…

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By Tatiana Craine (32) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Nov 2017

As a rumination on the experiences of undocumented immigrants, Most Beautiful Island presents an extreme example of what people will do to…

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By Budd Wilkins (46) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Nov 2017

An intense and sometimes claustrophobic allegory about the pitfalls of the immigrant experience under the generic disguise of a psychological…

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By Liam Dunn (20) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 08 Oct 2017

a fascinating and tense low budget film drawn from real life inspiration…

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