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Grand Tour

Released Mar 28

2h 9m

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From Miguel Gomes, the award winning director of Tabu and Arabian Nights, comes a globe-trotting tale of unrequited love. Earning Gomes the Best Director prize at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, Grand Tour blends melodrama and screwball comedy in this cat-and-mouse chase between lovers. 1917, colonial Burma. Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, jilts his lovestruck fiancée Molly the day she arrives to be married. As he escapes into an unexpected odyssey across Asia, she quickly follows suit amused by his moves. Rendered in stunning black-and-white period visuals interspersed with modern-day documentary footage, Grand Tour--Portugal's Best International Feature entry to the 97th Academy Awards®--is a dazzling multi-city symphony that will leave audiences reeling with wonder.

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Director Miguel Gomes continues to leverage the possibilities of cinema to explore passion and time in this globetrotting lark, richly realized in striking black-and-white photography.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

It is a film of many enchantments.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 16, 2025

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Kat Sachs

Chicago Reader

Gomes doesn’t undercut the romance... instead, he leans into its petulance, allowing the formal ambiguity of the nonnarrative sections to suggest the possibility of another interpretation entirely.

Apr 14, 2025

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

If you can roll with atmospherics that are their own reason for being, “Grand Tour” has plenty, and they’re all beautifully realized.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 28, 2025

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Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

[Miguel Gomes] surprises us once again with his formal inventiveness. [Full review in Spanish]

May 5, 2025

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Kong Rithdee

Bangkok Post

The film's wry, playful deconstruction of the Orientalist gaze occupies that delightful space between romanticism and authenticity.

Apr 25, 2025

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Mattie Lucas

trans|cendental cinema

Grand Tour is a slow burn that pays off beautifully as it lulls us into its particular rhythm and gorgeously textured images.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 23, 2025

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MB C

Grand Tour is a visually stunning yet emotionally detached cinematic experiment. Set in the early 20th century, it follows Edward, a British man fleeing his engagement, while his fiancée Molly pursues him across Asia. Their fragmented journey interweaves with contemporary documentary footage, creating a disjointed yet ambitious tapestry of time and memory. The film is a love letter to classical cinema, blending fictional storytelling with real-world glimpses. However, its beauty often feels hollow, as narrative cohesion and emotional depth are sacrificed for aesthetic indulgence. Performances are uneven—Gonçalo Waddington's Edward feels distant, while Krista Alfaiate's Molly injects much-needed warmth when she finally takes center stage. Director Miguel Gomes crafts breathtaking imagery, mixing black-and-white sequences with vivid present-day scenes, but struggles to forge a clear emotional or thematic anchor. The film feels more like an elaborate visual exercise than a heartfelt story. Despite moments of brilliance, Grand Tour ultimately leaves viewers adrift, pondering whether they witnessed a cinematic masterpiece—or a beautiful, aimless mirage.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Leprechaun K

To call this movie boring is an understatement. Watching paint dry would have been more entertaining. Movie is basically various documentary footage pieced together with inserts of a backdrop storyline that is just not interesting. It is over 2 hours long and it should have been a 45 mins documentary at best. Characters are uninteresting and plot is paper thin. Performance is Play like and dialogue is one dimensional. This movie somehow won Best Direct at Cannes 2024. I'm not sure how the Jury selected this as the winner. 2024 is by far the worst movie year in cinematic history. Do not waste your time with this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/25

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From Miguel Gomes, the award winning director of Tabu and Arabian Nights, comes a globe-trotting tale of unrequited love. Earning Gomes the Best Director prize at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, Grand Tour blends melodrama and screwball comedy in this cat-and-mouse chase between lovers. 1917, colonial Burma. Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, jilts his lovestruck fiancée Molly the day she arrives to be married. As he escapes into an unexpected odyssey across Asia, she quickly follows suit amused by his moves. Rendered in stunning black-and-white period visuals interspersed with modern-day documentary footage, Grand Tour--Portugal's Best International Feature entry to the 97th Academy Awards®--is a dazzling multi-city symphony that will leave audiences reeling with wonder.

Director: Miguel Gomes
Producer: Filipa Reis, Serena Alfieire, Patricia Faria
Screenwriter: Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes, Babu Targino
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: Uma Pedra no Sapato
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 28, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 18, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $50.5K
Runtime: 2h 9m

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