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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    82

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

    The wondrous cinematography is by Gokhan Tiryaki. It is not an easy picture. Not many masterpieces are.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    For those willing to take the plunge, it is a deep and haunting work that lingers in the memory.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice J. Hoberman

    A 157-minute police procedural at once sensuous and cerebral, profane and metaphysical, "empty" and abundant, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is closer to the Antonioni of "L'Avventura," and it elevates the 52-year-old director to a new level of achievement.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Justin Chang

    Though its glacial pacing will represent a significant hurdle for many viewers, the film grows steadily more involving as dawn breaks and the men make their way back home, and its unflinching observations of the legal and medical establishment at work frequently rivet. Visually, it's as gorgeous a film as Ceylan has made.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one of Turkey's best directors, has a deep understanding of human nature. He loves his characters and empathizes with them. They deserve better than to be shuttled around in a facile plot. They deserve empathy. So do we all.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    A metaphysical road movie about life, death and the limits of knowledge, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia has arrived just in time to cure the adult filmgoer blues.

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5

by ovni

5

Once Upon A Time in Anatolia review by zecanorton
Great movie. It's slow, but in the best possible way.

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