Will-o'-the-Wisp
critic Reviews
, 97% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Director João Pedro Rodrigues lures audiences into bewitchingly surreal territory with Will-o'-the-Wisp, a genre-bending collision of style and substance.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco Chronicle
Will-o’-the-Wisp has its moments, but this is another movie that thinks bringing up an issue is the same as excavating it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRandy MyersSan Jose Mercury News
There are showstopping musical numbers, plentiful eyefuls of nudity and much more. I loved every 67 minutes of it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCarlos AguilarLos Angeles Times
Few cineastes out there are making deliciously defiant art like Rodrigues, and this entry in his catalog is a concentrated shot of his sardonic mastery.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMelissa Anderson4Columns
Motored by carnal action as much as by personal crises and emotional disintegration, João Pedro Rodrigues drolly explore the terrain where XXX meets existentialism...No matter how weighty the theme, though, Rodrigues is never one for sanctimony.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonNew York Times
A prank in fancy dress, a plastic boutonniere that squirts battery acid. The joke is on everyone, particularly the powerful and those holding out hope that the powerful will save the planet.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGuy LodgeVariety
“Will-o’-the-Wisp” lives up to the flighty, elusive promise of its title, teasing its viewers in more ways than one...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlex HeeneySeventh Row
Hawks famously opined...a good movie [has] three good scenes [without] annoying the audience. In that, João Rodrigues excels. Will-o’-the-Wisp is a fiercely political indictment of capitalism hidden inside a queer romance that never outstays its welcome.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreHector A. GonzalezThe Movie Buff
The world that Rodrigues wants to build here finds itself between the erotic and phantasmagorical, aided by skillful, albeit slightly messy, direction.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDennis Harvey48 Hills
Will is really just a goof, without much cumulative or lingering impact. Still, what a goof...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRubén RosarioMiamiArtZine
An unclassifiable delight, a frothy satire of monarchy and colonialism that has a lot on its plate but never forgets to be fun. Plus it's got musical numbers.
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