Intriguing, arresting, delightfully refusing to be pigeonholed.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I have seen Waking Life three times now. I want to see it again -- not to master it, or even to remember it better, -- but simply to experience all of these ideas, all of this passion, the very act of trying to figure things out.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
An amazing thing -- a work of cinematic art in which form and structure pursues the logic-defying (parallel) subjects of dreaming and moviegoing.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
A smart cartoon about the life of the mind. It's about the fuzzy border between dreaming and living. It's thoughtful, provocative, liberating and fun.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
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 Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
One of the most inspired cases of the medium embodying the message ever captured on celluloid.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
It's the perfect marriage of music and animated movement. But even when there's no music playing in Waking Life, the movie's lyricism is sustained by the way it looks and feels.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
That Linklater pulls off the innovative feat with hypnotic assurance is nothing short of amazing.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
A smart, sensuous and sensory mind trip that caroms around a universe of thought.Read Full Review »
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