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THE FOUR TIMES (LE QUATTRO VOLTE)Movie Reviews
Italian language drama about an ailing shepherd and his herd of goats, living in a small hilltop village in Calabria, Italy. Cast:Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno TimpanoDirector:Michelangelo FrammartinoRelease Date:March 30, 2011DVD Release:June 21, 2011From:Lorber FilmsLength:1 hr 28 min
JUNE 21, 2011
The Four Times (Le quattro volte), Sensational Reviews Key Cities
The Four Times (Le quattro volte) played in key cities to sensational reviews. • Tom Long wrote in the Detroit News, "...an art film of the very best kind, challenging without being condescending or intentionally confusing, less than obvious but still ultimately clear and involving." • And Ty Burr wrote in the Boston Globe, "Few movies are this patient with us, even if not enough moviegoers will be as patient with it. Their loss." More Reviews Below...
The Four Times (Le quattro volte) Positive Reviews (23 Reviews, reviews below)
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...invites meditation and musing. I drifted pleasantly in its depths.... You might be surprised how absorbed you become..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 544 words, 06/17/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (10 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...idiosyncratic and amazing... nearly every shot contains a revelation, sneaky or overt, cosmic or mundane... You have never seen anything like this movie..."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 783 words, 03/30/11
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...enthralling... a fresh and ravishingly poetic and beautiful way to explore the relationship between the spirit, man and nature.... deeply comforting and reassuring..."(See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 275 words, 04/15/11
John Anderson, New York Newsday: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...meditative and slightly mischievous.... The extraordinary thing about Frammartino is how he captures the sense of quiet wildness within the framework of a film."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 283 words, 05/06/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...invites meditation and musing. I drifted pleasantly in its depths.... You might be surprised how absorbed you become..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 544 words, 06/17/11
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: EXCELLENT "Grave, beautiful, austerely comic, and casually metempsychotic... one of the wiggiest nature documentaries -- or almost-documentaries -- ever made."(See all of J. Hoberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 03/30/11
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...would bring a smile to Terrence Malick's face, this nearly silent and immaculately lensed film unspools almost as a form of religious ritual."(See all of Peter Howell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 467 words, 06/03/11
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "Give 'Le Quattro Volte' the patience it deserves, and you will be captivated by its stately rhythms, transfixed by its strange imagery, and moved by its sudden dramas."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 570 words, 06/03/11
Nicolas Rapold, LA Weekly: GOOD "Frammartino doesn't just want to ennoble man and beast -- he has a bit of a sense of humor, and he's clearly got Jacques Tati and Otar Iosselliani on his mind."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 156 words, 11/04/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a lovely piece of cinema with a striking visual sensibility, a sly sense of humour and a terrific cast of human and animal actors.... the border collie deserves his own feature."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 185 words, 06/02/11
KEY CITIES (8 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "The stars are, in order of appearance, an old man, a baby goat, a giant tree and a charcoal kiln.... a devastating, profound and at times surreal work of art."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 558 words, 04/29/11
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "If Samuel Beckett and Jacques Tati collaborated on a National Geographic nature film, the result would be a lot like this oddball Italian docudrama."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 184 words, 05/13/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...hypnotic, comic, cosmic... Few movies are this patient with us, even if not enough moviegoers will be as patient with it. Their loss."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 616 words, 04/15/11
Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: GOOD(cg) "There is no dialogue. But there are sounds -- goats, bells hanging on goats, goats rummaging through an apartment... it's slow... But the goats are funny."(See all of Clint O'Connor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 392 words, 06/24/11
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...miraculously straddles the line between the orchestrated epiphanies of fiction and the simple, unadorned reality of documentary."(See all of Jeff Shannon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 400 words, 05/13/11
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD(cg) "...as simple as bread and wine. The God's-eye view becomes mesmerizing when we stop insisting that the film flatter us and just enjoy a quiet ride on the cycle."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 300 words, 07/15/11
Tom Long, Detroit News: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...an art film of the very best kind, challenging without being condescending or intentionally confusing, less than obvious but still ultimately clear and involving."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 385 words, 04/15/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (6 Reviews)
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: EXCELLENT "Grave, beautiful, austerely comic, and casually metempsychotic... one of the wiggiest nature documentaries -- or almost-documentaries -- ever made."(See all of J. Hoberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 03/30/11
Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...an unusual, sometimes enchanted essay film... As for the goats, we see them up close, much the way we hung with the sheep in 'Sweetgrass.' "(See all of Gerald Peary's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 394 words, 04/14/11
Nicolas Rapold, LA Weekly: GOOD "Frammartino doesn't just want to ennoble man and beast -- he has a bit of a sense of humor, and he's clearly got Jacques Tati and Otar Iosselliani on his mind."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 156 words, 11/04/10
Keith Phipps, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...feels like a privilege to have visited such a little-traveled part of the world, and to have been shown so much by watching it."(See all of Keith Phipps's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 442 words, 03/31/11
Andrew Schenker, Slant: WEAK(cg) "...aesthetically pleasing only in the most academic of ways... adds up exactly to the sum of its parts. And given the quality of those individual parts, that ain't saying much."(See all of Andrew Schenker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 846 words, 09/20/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a lovely piece of cinema with a striking visual sensibility, a sly sense of humour and a terrific cast of human and animal actors.... the border collie deserves his own feature."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 185 words, 06/02/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...idiosyncratic and amazing... nearly every shot contains a revelation, sneaky or overt, cosmic or mundane... You have never seen anything like this movie..."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 783 words, 03/30/11
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...enthralling... a fresh and ravishingly poetic and beautiful way to explore the relationship between the spirit, man and nature.... deeply comforting and reassuring..."(See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 275 words, 04/15/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Jay Weissberg, Daily Variety: GOOD "...handsomely lensed... could strike some as an overly-intellectualized attempt to fetishize remnant semi-pagan traditions in a picturesque corner of Italy's Calabria..."(See all of Jay Weissberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 662 words, 05/17/10
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...enthralling... a fresh and ravishingly poetic and beautiful way to explore the relationship between the spirit, man and nature.... deeply comforting and reassuring..."(See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 275 words, 04/15/11
A.O. Scott, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...idiosyncratic and amazing... nearly every shot contains a revelation, sneaky or overt, cosmic or mundane... You have never seen anything like this movie..."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 783 words, 03/30/11
15.2 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Four Times (Le quattro volte)'s reviews are separated by an average 15.2 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:The Four Times (Le quattro volte)'s reviews cover 22.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 10,073 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 438 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Four Times (Le quattro volte) Coverage, Volume & Length (23 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 12 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Four Times (Le quattro volte)'s reviews on average broke 12 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Four Times (Le quattro volte)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Four Times (Le quattro volte) (23 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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