Viggo Mortensen Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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A man in a cowboy hat sitting on a crate beside a horse, holding a book.
Review

The Dead Don’t Hurt review – elegiac and tenderly romantic

by David Jenkins

Vig­go Mortensen’s som­bre take on the west­ern evokes some clas­sic Clint East­wood films.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman and a man, stand in a dim, warm-toned room with books on shelves behind them.
Review

Crimes of the Future

by Sarah Cleary

Extreme surgery replaces sex in body hor­ror mae­stro David Cronenberg’s ambi­tious blends of sci­ence fic­tion and film noir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men in conversation, one seated, one standing, in a rustic interior setting.
Review

Falling

by David Jenkins

Vig­go Mortensen steps behind the cam­era for this obser­va­tion­al dra­ma about bridg­ing gen­er­a­tional divides.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men seated in a turquoise vintage car, one Caucasian and one Black, looking ahead.
Review

Green Book

by Adam Woodward

Vig­go Mortensen and Maher­sha­la Ali embark on a tour of the Jim Crow south in Peter Farrelly’s crowd-pleas­ing bud­dy comedy.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Group of people hiking through lush green forest.
Review

Captain Fantastic

by David Jenkins

Vig­go Mortensen goes off-piste with mixed results in this home­ly fam­i­ly drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people - a woman in a blue dress and a man in a black suit and hat - embrace on a grassy field against a backdrop of hills.
Review

Jauja

by David Jenkins

Vig­go Mortensen teams up with Argen­tin­ian vision­ary Lisan­dro Alon­so to deliv­er one of the most sin­gu­lar­ly com­pelling films of the year.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect