Eldorado 2008

Critics score:
67 / 100

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Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Avoids a formulaic ending, reflecting instead on the impermanence of human connections and the inescapable baggage of the self. Read more

Thomasine Berg, Boston Globe: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they're not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian landscape rather than some Hollywood Shangri-La. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Eldorado is fueled by the chemistry between Lanners and Adde. They're so good together, they should make a sequel. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: Eldorado was named best European film in the directors' fortnight last year at Cannes. Read more

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Leslie Felperin, Variety: Small but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Lanners's film is smart and confident enough to acknowledge that certain lives are dead ends, while others get tired of just spinning their wheels. Read more