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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The movie makes good chamber music: it's a crafted miniature with Bergman's usual bombast built, for once, into the plot requirements. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: Autumn Sonata can finally be seen as an austerely beautiful meditation on death and the not-always-realized possibility of reconciliation across generations. Read more
Paul Taylor, Time Out: Of course Bergman's actresses suffer superbly in microscopic close-up, but the nagging doubt persists as to whether this is incisive psychodrama or just those old nordic blues again. Read more
Gary Arnold, Washington Post: Bergman's casting coup lives up to expectations. Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann invest their roles with undeniable emotional conviction and impact. Read more