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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Slant MagazineSlant MagazinePerhaps Tarkovsky’s most opaque film, Nostalghia is nonetheless one of his most personal.
- 100LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenLarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenNostalghia is further evidence that Andrei Tarkovsky might not be a filmmaker, but a sorcerer.
- 100Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlStick with it. There are shocking acts that rupture the stillness, and then there’s one of cinema’s great endings,
- 80The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasMuch of the film is difficult to understand—as with many poems, its meanings are so personal that they’re often cryptic—but Gorchakov’s (and Tarkovsky’s) displacement comes through powerfully in lonely rooms and in tracking shots that give the impression of a soul adrift.
- A meditative film by visionary Soviet filmmaker Tarkovsky that lures viewers into its mysterious, mystical world and completely envelops them for a two-hour stretch.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonA hauntingly beautiful film.
- 80Time OutTime OutTarkovsky remains as much a metaphysician as anything else, and Nostalgia isn't an entertainment but an article of faith.
- 40The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyLoveliness, I'm afraid, is really what this movie is all about.