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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenOnly worthwhile storytellers could take an elevator pitch like this one (the last two people on Earth) and produce long-lasting curiosity about its inherent beauty and horror.
- 70Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlToward the end, the filmmakers relent on all the grieving sightseeing and offers up a couple plot developments, plus colloquies on matters geo- and theological. None of this proves as arresting as Iceland’s cliffs and horses, or those first moments of a city depopulated.
- 67The VergeTasha RobinsonThe VergeTasha RobinsonThere’s a lot of fantasy in the usual end-of-the-world scenarios, but there’s a lot of horror there as well. Bokeh asks which of those reactions is more appropriate, and how they both play out. It’s a gentle story, as apocalypses go, but even without monsters, it becomes a painful, emotional question of strength and survival.
- 60Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenThe drama’s power may dwindle, yet its end-of-the-world scenario remains oddly recognizable.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe result is a “What if?” exercise that ultimately doesn’t take its starting premise to any place that’s terribly interesting. However, for at least as long as it appears to be heading somewhere, Bokeh holds attention with polish and resourcefulness on a limited budget.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWriter-directors Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan had a solid concept and a great setting, but not much else.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThere’s a seed of an interesting, Twilight Zone premise here — what would you do if you were the last two people on earth? But Bokeh doesn’t seem to know what to do with it besides have its photogenic Adam-and-Eve leads take long nature walks, play board games, and upgrade their living conditions.
- 16The Film StageMike MazzantiThe Film StageMike MazzantiBecause of this lack of dramatic momentum, the elements of Bokeh that do work best — the occasionally enrapturing cinematography, the dreamlike score, and the interesting-but-overused experiential editing — all wear thin halfway through.