The Warrior 2001

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A film for moviegoers who love powerful stories and ravishing imagery. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Long before the end, it takes on the quality of a wise fable and reveals itself as an enriching experience. Read more

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Janice Page, Boston Globe: If you can forgive its lapses in storytelling and character development, then Kapadia's 2001 feature filmmaking debut delivers, at minimum, an impressive visual account of a worthwhile spiritual journey. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Asif Kapadia's blazing feature debut, a gorgeously photographed saga with a fine sense of the way place shapes personality, has won numerous awards in the filmmaker's native Britain. Read more

Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: A visually stunning achievement. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: The violence is of the high-minded, self-congratulatory sort that indicates without actually showing. This enables macho-but- sensitive cineastes to revel remorselessly in the idea of decapitated heads, sliced necks and severed limbs. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: If you have patience, this is a stately, beautifully composed story. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What is best in the film is its depiction of the warrior's epic journey, photographed with breathtaking beauty and simplicity by Roman Osin. Read more

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Derek Elley, Variety: It's in the larger canvas that the picture ends up short, with an elliptical style that sometimes leaves the viewer bereft of information and a seeming unwillingness to dig deeper into the psychology of its main character. Read more

Uday Benegal, Village Voice: If this moralistic apologue appears a tad too simplistic, at least the pictures are pretty. Read more