Rumours

Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

The ineffectiveness of rhetorical politics and symbolic diplomacy is kookily but ruthlessly skewered in Rumours, a wildly entertaining shaggy-dog satire. – Variety

It’s the funniest flick yet from Canada’s surreal satirist, Guy Maddin, who gets a huge assist from co-directors Evan and Galen Johnson. It also has the greatest commercial potential for a Maddin movie, which could be the weirdest thing about it. – Toronto Star