Review of TÁR (2022) by Danadaskalova — 02 Apr 2023

Any time I see such a discrepancy between the users rating and the critics rating in Metascore, I know this will be yet another pretentious attempt at scoring points for Cannes or the Oscars.

There's nothing impressive about this film apart from the great examples of Berlin industrial interior design - this was awesome. Everything else consisted of random scenes that convey no actual message in regard to the plot - Tar's meetings with people, rehearsals, her getting a custom suit fitted (?), self indulgent convertsations and huge name dropping. There's an attempt to add a mystery element and imply vague notions about the protagonist's unfit mental state by half assedly mentioning a story about a previous love interest of Tar who as we learn, was banned from the industry because of her fallout with Tar. We never really get anything more about this story apart from the fact that this is what comes back to bite Tar in the a** and also, that this haunts her.

Overall, you don't need 2.5h hours to tell this story. We never really get to see and experience what's going on inside Tar's head. She's portrayed as a genius throughout the whole film which also isn't conveyed in any believable manner. It seems to me Todd Field aimed at something like Amadeus but 2022 style - and it didn't work.