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Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Trauma is buried and rarely alluded to in this quiet slice of magical realism -- but there's no denying the pain when it comes. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: The Milk Of Sorrow is about a country dealing with old wounds and old divisions, and it's about how sometimes it can be easier to cling to pain than to move past it. Read more

Ella Taylor, Village Voice: The movie, which won the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, is littered with unforgettable images of incongruity, destruction, and, finally, healing. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: The metaphors are so crystal-clear and the story unfolds at such a deliberate, often infuriatingly slow pace that the impact of the drama is muted. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Claudia Llosa, the director and co-writer, favors wide shots and long takes, which lend an air of realism to the beautifully shot allegory. Read more

India Bourke, Time Out: Llosa tenderly documents the slow, surreal process of both personal and community rehabilitation in a film which seeks to lay to rest a nation's civil war grief. Read more

Boyd van Hoeij, Variety: Peruvian realities and Llosa's light magical realism mesh to create a vivid picture of a society and its problems. Read more