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A.H. Weiler, New York Times: A fairly lucid story that puts no undue strain on a viewer's imagination or intellect. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: A bleak and desolate film, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni with an eye to the emotive powers of the barren landscape. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: If Antonioni's assuredness isn't yet in place, Il Grido remains a key transitional work, with remarkable photography, fluid camerawork, and a typically unforgettable finale ranking among its most notable virtues. Read more
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice: The camera's spare, stunning compositions and the tone of loss and disaffection anticipate Antonioni's later, brilliant explorations of bourgeois anomie. Read more