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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: One of the screen's supreme works and perhaps Ingmar Bergman's finest film. Read more
Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Miss Ullmann and Miss Andersson just about carry the film -- and exquisitely, too. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Ingmar Bergman's best film, I suppose, though it's still fairly tedious and overloaded with avant-garde cliches. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A film we return to over the years, for the beauty of its images and because we hope to understand its mysteries. Read more
Richard Brody, New Yorker: Bergman blends a theatrical subjectivity with a tactile visual intimacy, with his characters, the objects close at hand, and the superb coastal landscape. Read more
TIME Magazine: Director Ingmar Bergman is modern cinema's most persistent observer of the human condition. Read more
Variety Staff, Variety: Bergman has come up with probably one of his most masterful films technically and in conception, but also one of his most difficult ones. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: [A] masterpiece. Read more