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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: An instant cult classic, one that's tailor-made for multiple viewings and bound to be popular among college students. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Truly special, truly different -- a wondrous talky roundelay about and for people who love life. Read more
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Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Anyone who finds value in wondering who we are or why we're here, what's real and what's not, should be overjoyed to find a theatrical release with the same sense of curiosity. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: So verbally dexterous and visually innovative that you can't absorb it unless you have all your wits about you. And even then, you may want to see it again to enjoy its subtle humor and warm humanity. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Mr. Showbiz: Somewhat hit-and-miss, but just when you think Linklater's philosophizing and his digital foofaraw are about to try your patience, both begin to cohere and resonate. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: As delirious, discombobulating and queasily funny as a post-pizza dream. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It may not be for everyone -- the movie requires a high tolerance for statements such as 'there's only one instant, and it's now, and it's eternity' -- but it's like nothing else in theaters right now. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: One of the most inspired cases of the medium embodying the message ever captured on celluloid. Read more
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Whatever point [Linklater] is trying to make with this wall of words is almost immediately wearying and soon yawn-inducing. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Linklater mixed his grad-student-on-speed discourses with a few genuinely engrossing yakkers. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: To paraphrase the enduring title of a new-wave album, it is pure pop for dream people. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A thrill, a trip to a fabulous new frontier. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Like a long day in the college coffee shop, it's more provocative than original and profound, but still time well spent. Read more
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Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: If there was ever a film that made ontological exploration fun, this is it. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It ends up staying with you long after the jittery animated images have faded from the screen. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This movie seems alive, seems vibrating with urgency and excitement. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Exhilarating, transporting, funny and haunting -- and at times maddeningly heady or narcotically logy -- Waking Life doesn't compare to any other movie experience I've ever had. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Adds up to little more than a series of disconnected impressions, but it holds interest despite an almost nonexistent narrative, and that's something. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: A fantastically smart attempt at creating an evocative cinematic expression for some of our most complex metaphysical conundrums. Read more
Time Out: The endless philosophising is a bit sophomoric and more jokes would help, but this is one of a kind that grows more absorbing the longer it runs. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: It's like being in a college bar and listening to your companion blathering on about the secrets of the world. Read more
Emanuel Levy, Variety: This inventive animated film, which takes Linklater back to his roots in Austin and Slacker, represents a summation of all the philosophical concerns that have defined him as spokesperson for Gen-X. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Doesn't leave you in a dream, specifically the dream of Linklater's previous films, so much as it traps you in an endless bull session. Read more