The Lost City of Z (2017)
74%RT Audience Score: 57%
Awards & Nominations: 6 wins & 31 nominations
The Lost City of Z’s stately pace and visual grandeur hearken back to classic exploration epics, and Charlie Hunnam turns in a masterful performance as its complex protagonist
The Lost City of Z is like a treasure hunt, but instead of gold, you’re searching for answers. The film takes you on a journey through the lush and mysterious Amazon, where you’ll be on the edge of your seat as arrows fly right at you. It’s a grand adventure that hearkens back to old Hollywood epics, but with a modern twist. And while it may be a bit long, the payoff is worth it. So grab your explorer’s hat and get ready to be breathless.
Production Company(ies)
Gullane Africa Filmes, Globo Filmes,
Distributor
Bleecker Street Media, Amazon Studios
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Colombia
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, brief strong language and some nudity
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 21m
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Language(s):English, Portuguese, Tupi, Spanish, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 21, 2017 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 11, 2017
Genre(s)
Adventure/Biography
Keyword(s)
Adventure, Biography, Percy Fawcett, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Costin, Robert Pattinson, Nina Fawcett, Sienna Miller, Jack Fawcett, Tom Holland, Arthur Manley, Edward Ashley, James Murray, Angus Macfadyen, directed by James Gray, written by James Gray, produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas, James Gray, Dale Armin Johnson, PG-13, box office gross $8.6M, budget, reviewed by Karen Han, Kristen Lopez, Sandra Hall, Chuck Bowen, Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, Tara Brady, Brian Eggert, Cory Woodroof, Alex Flood, Dennis Harvey, Leigh Monson, adventure, exploration, Amazon, indigenous populations, British explorer, advanced civilization, scientific establishment, skepticism, masculine pride, colonization, imperialism, lush cinematography, slow pace, complex protagonist, visual grandeur
Worldwide gross: $19,263,938
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $23,236,857
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,660
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 2,534,008
US/Canada gross: $8,580,410
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $10,350,000
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,605
US/Canada opening weekend: $110,175
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $132,897
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,829
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $30,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $36,187,082
Production budget ranking: 1,034
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $19,486,744
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$32,436,969
ROI to date (est.): -58%
ROI ranking: 1,734
Robert Pattinson – Henry Costin
Sienna Miller – Nina Fawcett
Tom Holland – Jack Fawcett
Edward Ashley – Arthur Manley
Angus Macfadyen – James Murray
Director(s)
James Gray
Writer(s)
James Gray
Producer(s)
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas, James Gray, Dale Armin Johnson
Film Festivals
Berlin
Awards & Nominations
6 wins & 31 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (249) | Top Critics (69) | Fresh (214) | Rotten (35)
The Lost City of Z is an exploration epic that will leave you breathless.
December 26, 2017
Karen Han
The Daily Beast
TOP CRITIC
Lost City of Z is a lush and sweeping study of colonization and masculine pride.
November 20, 2017
Kristen Lopez
Culturess
TOP CRITIC
You’ll leave your scepticism at the door if you’re going to have a good time here.
August 23, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
One of the most beautiful and mysterious of all existentialist adventure films receives a deservedly lush and subtle transfer.
July 13, 2017
Chuck Bowen
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
At times filled with mist and awe, and at other times thrillingly heart-racing (arrows-they shoot right at you!), The Lost City of Z feels like a gem dug out from a time capsule.
May 1, 2017
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Brooklyn Magazine
TOP CRITIC
They don’t make them like this any more.
April 26, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Tara Brady
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
The Lost City of Z contains a rare kind of grandeur and intimacy that only filmmakers like Lean or Anthony Minghella.
April 4, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
James Gray’s The Lost City of Z has moments that hearken back to any old Hollywood adventure epic, the grand journeys of yesteryear in which destination and discovery were the sole rewards.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
Curnblog
At over two hours, the film drags. Which is a shame, because a story this good deserves to be turned into an all-time classic.
May 18, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
Alex Flood
NME
Deliberately old-fashioned in many respects, this uneven, episodic two-and-a-half-hour saga is nonetheless quite richly rewarding in the end.
October 14, 2020
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
Regardless of whether or not The Lost City of Z provides the answers its pursuers seek, the journey to find Z provides enough meditations for a lifetime.
September 24, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Leigh Monson
Substream Magazine
In the case of James Gray’s visually sumptuous and richly melodic film The Lost City of Z, it turns that actually sometime they do make them like they used to.
August 24, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Grant Watson
Fiction Machine…
Plot
The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as “savages,” the determined Fawcett – supported by his devoted wife, son and aide de camp returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The Lost City of Z features a masterful performance by Charlie Hunnam as its complex protagonist.
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