Gleiberman, Owen (19 maj 2017). ”Cannes film review: 'The square'” (på engelska). Variety. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/the-square-review-cannes-1202436834/. Läst 20 maj 2017. ”Östlund offers a suavely merciless take-down of the decadence of the contemporary art world, whether it's Christian, in an interview with Anne (Elisabeth Moss), an American TV journalist, stumbling to defend the postmodern gobbledygook in one of his catalogues, or the simple sight of an exhibit that consists of cone-shaped piles of rubble, with a sign in white neon that says 'You have nothing.' The movie's dark joke is that the museum, by necessity, is really about money (the donations necessary to mount the art; the money the art will fetch on the open market), so whatever the 'message' pretends to be, it's actually: Here's a posh contrivance that has nothing to do with your life." "Östlund, at his best, is a heady and enthralling filmmaker, but unfortunately, he has so much on his mind that he is also, at his weakest, a shapeless and didactic one. 'The Square' is more outrageous but less effective than 'Force Majeure.'”
