93
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittStands with the greatest science-fiction movies ever made.
- 100Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA dazzlingly imaginative work with awesome production values and special effects that bear comparison to those of "2001."
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAn amazing celluloid poem by a filmmaker whom Ingmar Bergman called "the greatest." He very nearly was. He was also, perhaps, too pure a creator and reckless a citizen to survive unscathed.
- 100Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonHis (Tarkovsky's) pictures, and his sounds -- such as the symphonic drip of raindrops in a wooded pond -- tell more than just the immediate story; they rejuvenate the mind.
- 90Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumTarkovsky's eerie mystic parable is given substance by the filmmaker's boldly original grasp of film language and the remarkable performances by all the principals.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertRoutinely called Tarkovsky's reply to Kubrick's "2001" -- But Kubrick's film is outward, charting man's next step in the universe, while Tarkovsky's is inward, asking about the nature and reality of the human personality.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineSlow, but ravishingly beautiful and charged with a real poignancy.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe most pop film the great Russian filmmaker ever made.