Teorema 1968

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The movie itself is the message, a series of cool, beautiful, often enigmatic scenes that flow one into another with the rhythm of blank verse. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Apart from his final feature, Salo, this is probably Pier Paolo Pasolini's most controversial film, and to my mind one of his very best. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I don't feel ready to write about this mysterious film; perhaps, a week from now, I'll decide it is very bad, a failure. But perhaps it is the most brilliant work yet by that strange director, Pier Paolo Pasolini. Read more

Time Out: What would be pretentious and strained in the hands of most directors, with Pasolini takes on an intense air of magical revelation. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The narrative, almost silent in the first half, is unusually clear for a film by Pasolini. Performance by all members of the cast are praiseworthy, though Stamp dominates the first half and Betti, the second. Read more