Metacritic Movie Ratings
Alexandra Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  A film of startling originality and beauty -- feels like a communiqu from another time, another place, anywhere but here.

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• 90

  out of 100

  Variety

  Though he's sure to deny it, Alexandra is Alexander Sokurov's most directly political work for years. Featuring a performance of monumental depth by opera legend Galina Vishnevskaya, pic presents war for what it is: brutal, crushing, and ugly, and yet Sokurov doesn't lens any battles.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The point is that for the soldiers, it's a dead zone, life on hold, a cheerless existence. And this plain-spoken old woman reminds them of a lifetime they are missing.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas

  The luminous humanity that characterizes the films of Alexander Sokurov is in full force in Alexandra. On the surface, it is a work of the utmost simplicity but is charged with the eternal complexities and contradictions of both love and war.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Village VoiceJ. Hoberman

  Spare yet tactile, a mysterious mixture of lightness and gravity, Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra is founded on contradiction. Musing on war in general and the Russian occupation of Chechnya in particular, this is a movie in which combat is never shown.

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