Can be interpreted politically or even biblically or not at all, as the elemental struggles between dominance and submission, impulse and action, man and nature, father and son, play out to their stunning conclusion.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
While most films are fortunate if they succeed on any level, The Return works easily on several, making as powerful a mark emotionally as it does visually and even allegorically. Yet the film so catches you up in its compelling story, you're almost not aware of how masterful a piece of cinema you're watching.Read Full Review »
90
Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It's not the sort of film one can be said to enjoy, but it is the sort of film that has the clarity of a dream and lingers for hours.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dave Kehr
At once highly naturalistic and dreamily abstract, playing out its mythic themes through vibrantly detailed characterizations (and remarkable performances by the entire cast). The Return announces the arrival of a major new talent.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Mark Jenkins
A haunting Russian art film with the economy of a thriller.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Filmed with a cold, poetic beauty, The Return slowly strips away motivation until it arrives at a place of myth both private and oddly universal.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It is a Kafkaesque story, in which ominous things follow one another with a certain internal logic but make no sense at all.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
Primordial and laconic, this remarkably assured debut feature has the elegant simplicity of its title.Read Full Review »
50
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Sam Adams
As for Gellar, she seems game but glum, treading water in a role that represses her comic talents and leaves her little to do but suffer in silence.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Sam Adams
As for Gellar, she seems game but glum, treading water in a role that represses her comic talents and leaves her little to do but suffer in silence.Read Full Review »
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