Days of Heaven 1978

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Perhaps the most typical example of a '70s American art film -- daring, romantic, rebellious but also filled with longing for the beauty of the past. Read more

Harold C. Schonberg, New York Times: Days of Heaven never really makes up its mind what it wants to be. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: One thing that certainly can be said about Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven: it's not sentimental or manipulative. Unfortunately, it's also not particularly involving. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is a movie made by a man who knew how something felt, and found a way to evoke it in us. Read more

Andrew Ross, Salon.com: It is the closest to poetry in motion that I have ever seen. Read more

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David Jenkins, Time Out: Visually and thematically, it's still one of the most beautiful films ever made. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: One of the great cinematic achievements of the 1970s. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Almost incontestably the most gorgeously photographed film ever made. Read more