A mysterious and sporadically fascinating trip into the darkness of the human heart.
VARIETY

This mysterious film succeeds in casting its own sensual spell.
THE BBC

This is a work of outstanding originality and power that comes nearer to the condition of the quest and the dream-state than any film in recent years.
SIGHT AND SOUND

The film evolves into something deeper, a story about the atavistic wildness within people.
THE WASHINGTON POST

For an exquisite taste of sensory cinema, look no further.
SEATTLE TIMES

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s brilliant tinkering with narrative and visuals to tell a simple, timeless story in a wholly new and exciting way.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Tropical Malady is the work of a visionary fabulist.
LA TIMES

If you enjoy intelligent, challenging filmmaking, Tropical Malady is for you.
NEW YORK POST

This may be one of the most rapturously original, mysteriously beautiful love stories ever told
LA WEEKLY

There is no loss of art-movie face to be had, I assure you, in admitting difficulty with the filmmaker’s intentional tangle of genres as he stakes his story between waking life and legend.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

World cinema’s premier maker of mysterious objects, Apichatpong Weerasethakul is on a one-man mission to change the way we watch movies.
VILLAGE VOICE

The real reward of Tropical Malady is the moviemaking itself. It’s slow, anecdotal, and told entirely from street level.
FILM CRITIC

It’s not the kind of movie you simply leave behind in the theater. It will follow you home, leaving only a trail of soft, invisible paw prints.
SALON.COM

With this fractured love story, the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul pushes at the limits of narrative with grace and a puckish willfulness.
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Apichatpong Weerasethakul beautifully evokes the existential fiber between sexual desire and cultural myth.
SLANT