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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyManuel BetancourtVarietyManuel BetancourtWhat begins as a muted marital melodrama slowly boils into a restrained political thriller, with an ease and skill all the more impressive in a first feature.
- 90The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeChile ’76 is a sly genre exercise, an example of how political repression can squeeze a domestic melodrama until it takes the shape of a spy thriller.
- 80Little White LiesMarina AshiotiLittle White LiesMarina AshiotiAs well as boasting an all-female crew, Martelli’s film exquisitely evokes Carmen’s muted revolutionary spirit, making for an invaluable demonstration of feminine revolutionary cinema.
- 80CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellAs historical noir, Martelli’s film is thrilling, but as a document of the comforts of complicity and the terror of resistance, 1976 is visceral.
- 80CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellAs historical noir, Martelli’s film is thrilling, but as a document of the comforts of complicity and the terror of resistance, 1976 is visceral.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter Bradshaw1976 is made with thrilling assurance, and the tension and Carmen’s spiritual crisis are superbly conveyed, with a nerve-jangling score by María Portugal. It’s a great example of Chilean antifascist noir.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterThe blend of character study, Hitchcockian intrigue and an excellent central performance from Aline Kuppenheim makes for a tensely involving tale.
- 75The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe Daily BeastNick Schager[A] portrait of one woman’s heroism and the means by which it’s motivated by guilt, regret, fury, and despair—the last of which, ultimately, proves inescapable.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichAn intimate psychosocial character study that — true to the film’s title — unfolds at a national scale. This isn’t a story about one affluent woman’s gradual radicalization against authoritarianism, it’s a story about the illusion of not taking sides.