Roma Review: 6 Ups & 2 Downs

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6. The Jaw-Dropping Cinematography

Looking at Roma, nobody would blame you for assuming it was lensed by Cuarón's frequent collaborator Emmanuel Lubezki, who won his first of three consecutive Oscars for the director's stunning Gravity.

But Lubezki in fact urged Cuarón to handle the task himself, and that he did, the results of which are indistinguishable from a dedicated cinematographer who's spent decades honing their craft.

It's often said that well-shot movies allow every single frame to be hung on a wall as art, but that hyperbole is actually true in this case.

Roma's eye-wateringly impressive monochrome photography allows a staggering level of depth and expressiveness in every shot, framed to perfection as they are by the director.

While nothing can quite compete with seeing the movie on a cinema screen, Netflix's 4K HDR presentation is perhaps the finest of any Netflix Original to date, providing a mind-boggling level of visual acuity that'll have you staring closely at your TV trying to pick out the most minute details.

Simply, if anyone beats Cuarón for the Best Cinematography Oscar, it'd be a massive shock.