Wolke Neun 2008

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The heart is a riddle, and Cloud 9 deftly, wittily counts the ways. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: Apart from the ages of the protagonists, Cloud 9 is a standard-issue infidelity story, complete with dialogue like 'I didn't want this, it just happened!' Read more

Tom Russo, Boston Globe: Sometimes, apparently, the old saw about the heart wanting what it wants can apply to seniors precisely the same way it does to the young and foolish. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: The result is a film in which age matters not at all and yet still matters hugely, and in which love is still a dream come true and an absolute mess. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Manages to be vital, wrenching and even humorous yet does not deny the omnipresence of mortality. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Seldom has any movie shown so much geriatric sex and full-frontal nudity (male and female). But, thanks to Dresen, it is all done with taste and sensitivity. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Read more

Stephen Garrett, Time Out: This romance is powerful in fits and starts, capturing a golden-ager sensuality that almost never gets screen time -- at least not with this sort of unsentimental candor. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: Poignant, lightly philosophical and beautifully performed. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice: The film comes to feel curiously incomplete, like one long fretful afternoon. Read more