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Janet Maslin, New York Times: The overall effect is genuinely entrancing, with a sense of tragic inevitability that gives meaning to the film's maddeningly attenuated rhythms. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Magisterially filmed, this movie demands at almost every instant to be regarded as a masterpiece, though for me it's too full of itself and its own virtue. Still, I can't deny it's an experience worth having. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What arrogance and self-importance this film reveals. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Constructed from long elegant takes, and moving fluidly between naturalism and tableaux-like theatricality, it's a mesmerising work of arresting beauty and impressive emotional power. Read more

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Desson Thomson, Washington Post: This grim travelogue through a landscape of despair lacks internal power. It feels labored and portentous. Read more