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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Charged with the pleasure of discovery. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: The Gleaners and I is a film well worth finding. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: In its frames, we see [Varda's] empathy, skill, curiosity, wit, poetry and passion for life: everything she has gleaned from a lifetime of love and movies. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: The film is studded with found metaphors and serendipitous insights. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: [The] characters are defined by dawdle and drift as much as Varda is in The Gleaners and I, catching life on the fly -- and implicitly inviting us to do the same. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: [A] lyrically ramshackle essay about people, including Varda herself, who don't fit into society's cubbyholes. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: And in what appears to be a documentary [Varda] conceals a tender meditation about her own life, and life itself. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Urgent, graceful, accessible and at times openly cheerful -- it takes a big bite out of life. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Varda's subject matter is surprisingly rich, but it's her own energetic, curious nature that gives the film its snap. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: For the most part, Varda's home movie is a simple and sweet thing. Read more