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Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD (cg) "Margarethe Von Trotta is one of the most important feminist directors of recent years.... The film is intense, measured and too slow, but absorbing." (Read the full review...) 759 words, 11/04/10
Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD "Ms. Sukowa makes Hildegard a likable and charismatic woman who risks a great deal to do good in an environment that leaves women little room for self-expression." (Read the full review...) 703 words, 10/13/10 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...superbly rendered... an absorbing portrait of a powerful woman well ahead of her time. Sukowa's performance is never less than compelling... a must-see for serious filmgoers." (Read the full review...) 339 words, 11/12/10 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "Shot in original medieval German cloisters, has the air of authenticity.... Not every viewer will have the same frame of reference, of course, but most are likely to be impressed..." (Read the full review...) 219 words, 10/13/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Margarethe Von Trotta is one of the most important feminist directors of recent years.... The film is intense, measured and too slow, but absorbing." (Read the full review...) 759 words, 11/04/10 Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...more immediate and immersive when dealing in the jealous attachments among sisters... Barbara Sukowa's performance rears to towering heights of abjection." (Read the full review...) 225 words, 10/13/10 Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...appropriately dignified though somewhat stultifying.... Margarethe von Trotta gives a compelling, well-nuanced performance as Hildegard." (Read the full review...) 540 words, 11/24/10 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "...nicely fuses its dual nature, holy instrument and holy terror, the passive vessel of a higher power and the active force of the good mother - Mother Nature, Mother Earth, Mother Superior." (Read the full review...) 594 words, 11/26/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...turns an extraordinary woman into a symbol. What she's symbolizing, though, remains frustratingly opaque." (Read the full review...) 182 words, 11/25/10
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "...seems to beg for a narrator, someone who can give insights into this superficial glimpse of von Bingen's life and the legacy she left." (Read the full review...) 503 words, 11/12/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "The pace is slow as vespers and the production budget is strictly poor box, but there's a rare spirit of sincere veneration in the film." (Read the full review...) 171 words, 11/05/10 Robert W. Butler, Dallas Morning News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a haunting film, one that finds lush visual possibilities in somber, gray settings and acknowledges the beautiful possibilities in a life of contemplation." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 12/03/10 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD (cg) "...mature moviemaking in the best sense... the movie's aware of all the complexities that can raise up and bring down a willful woman in a world of men." (Read the full review...) 470 words, 11/05/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: EXCELLENT (cg) "...beautiful... Director of photography Axel Block and production designer Heike Bauersfeld wrap us in the gold hues of glowing candles and the harsh stone interiors of a 12th-century abbey." (Read the full review...) 334 words, 02/11/11 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "What we have here is the story of a very cool nun from a thousand years ago.... At times stunningly beautiful, at others shockingly banal..." (Read the full review...) 312 words, 11/12/10 Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "...given her overall, passion-free, too-deliberate storytelling, telling us nothing about something so dramatically rendered, at least in character terms, is frustrating." (Read the full review...) 390 words, 11/19/10 Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD (cg) "...does a solid job of dramatizing Hildegard von Bingen's life and times, even if it's a bit too earnest at times for its own good." (Read the full review...) 233 words, 10/22/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a beautifully austere film that celebrates both the mysteries of faith and the wisdom of an iconoclast." (Read the full review...) 374 words, 11/26/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: FAIR (cg) "Is she a charlatan, a nut case, a power seeker, a woman of God or a combination of all? It's never quite clear.... somehow 'Visions' feels curiously empty." (Read the full review...) 467 words, 02/04/11 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD (cg) "With an inviting widescreen canvas and beautifully lit images, 'Vision' overcomes the episodic, talky nature of the screenplay and humanizes its fascinating protagonists..." (Read the full review...) 337 words, 01/14/11
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...more immediate and immersive when dealing in the jealous attachments among sisters... Barbara Sukowa's performance rears to towering heights of abjection." (Read the full review...) 225 words, 10/13/10 Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a bare-bones bio-pic that's long on politics and short on Hildegard's visions and especially her music... Barbara Sukowa in the title role is serious to a fault." (Read the full review...) 172 words, 11/04/10 Diego Costa, Slant: MODERATE (cg) "...reads, ironically, like a corporate-culture tale as we see Hildegard go quickly up the hierarchical religious ladder..." (Read the full review...) 304 words, 10/11/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...turns an extraordinary woman into a symbol. What she's symbolizing, though, remains frustratingly opaque." (Read the full review...) 182 words, 11/25/10
Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD "Ms. Sukowa makes Hildegard a likable and charismatic woman who risks a great deal to do good in an environment that leaves women little room for self-expression." (Read the full review...) 703 words, 10/13/10 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...superbly rendered... an absorbing portrait of a powerful woman well ahead of her time. Sukowa's performance is never less than compelling... a must-see for serious filmgoers." (Read the full review...) 339 words, 11/12/10
Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...deeply serious but not austere... If secular as well as religious sainthood were possible, von Trotta would surely advance her film as a nomination brief in both categories." (Read the full review...) 850 words, 09/08/09 Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "Nun's story lacks spiritual and dramatic intensity.... Although the film has been carefully made and centers on a most unusual heroine, it is too painstakingly slow... also dramatically wan." (Read the full review...) 429 words, 09/23/09 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...superbly rendered... an absorbing portrait of a powerful woman well ahead of her time. Sukowa's performance is never less than compelling... a must-see for serious filmgoers." (Read the full review...) 339 words, 11/12/10 Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD "Ms. Sukowa makes Hildegard a likable and charismatic woman who risks a great deal to do good in an environment that leaves women little room for self-expression." (Read the full review...) 703 words, 10/13/10
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