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Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine: [A] mesmeric film. Read more
Don Druker, Chicago Reader: [Features] sumptuous visuals and sense of high tragedy. Read more
Vincent Canby, New York Times: The film's color photography is extraordinarily lovely for, like the conspirators within the film, Bertolucci has a weakness for the purely theatrical effect. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's a movie with a beautiful cinematic grace, a way of establishing atmosphere and furthering plot without a lot of talking. Read more