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Vincent Canby, New York Times: It stands alone and it reduces almost everything else you're likely to see this season to the size of a small cinder. Read more
Don Druker, Chicago Reader: The much-vaunted color symbolism is so obvious as to be almost charming in its simplicity, and the gothic ambience never really resonates. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: In order to understand why Cries and Whispers is a great film, it must be experienced, not merely watched. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Bergman never made another film this painful. To see it is to touch the extremes of human feeling. It is so personal, so penetrating of privacy, we almost want to look away. Read more