Reviews for this film from our members:
- Sean Axmaker @ Cinephiled
- Excerpt: [Neil] Jordan keeps returning to themes of fairy tale and myth and Byzantium is rich with metaphor and sexual politics, almost overwhelmingly so.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Instead of interviewing disparate vampires, here Jordan’s giving us mother/daughter memoirs covering two hundred years
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Neil Jordan’s curiously revisionist addition to the cult of the undead category.
- Mark Harris @ About.com
- Roderick Heath @ This Island Rod
- Excerpt: A sinuously intelligent, deceptively passionate and judiciously brutal entry that proves something like a mature horror film can still exist.
- Jeremy Kibler @ Diabolique Magazine
- Excerpt: Byzantium is a savory transfusion of fresh, warm blood into the subgenre that became a bit toothless once the goofy, soapy Twilight franchise set the world on fire.
- Brent McKnight @ Beyond Hollywood
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: A vampire film with a bit of bite…
- Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- [New – 11/21] | Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: A gorgeously-photographed, full-bodied vamp tale from Interview with the Vampire director Neil Jordan, Byzantium looks and feels so good that it overcomes some basic storytelling flaws.
- Nuno Reis @ SciFiWorld Portugal [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A primeira impressão pode ser de desilusão, mas merece ser visto com a mente preparada para algo diferente do terror e merece que se pense nele por algum tempo. Jordan pode não ter ficado fascinado com a história, mas adivinhou exactamente como a devia fazer.
- Jamie S. Rich @ DVD Talk
- Excerpt: Jordan blends the darkness of British crime films with the bright colors of gaudy horror, creating a visual aesthetic that is seductive in its pleasures, even if the seams (intentionally) show. Blood flows crimson and the neon crackles with an intense glow.
- Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]