Click here to copy URL

The Dance of Reality

La danza de la realidad

2013

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Brontis Jodorowsky, Jeremias Herskovits, Pamela Flores, Alejandro Jodorowsky ...

6.3

1,368

Drama Alejandro Jodorowsky's childhood in Chile. “Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"The film is also numbingly overlong, dramatically shapeless and fatally lacking in humility"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"In this movie, the director is bidding farewell to his past, and to his childhood, and perhaps to the world. It is an arresting spectacle (...) rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"By turns playful, tragic and surprisingly light on its feet, this welcome comeback for Alejandro Jodorowsky should keep its maker fully booked on the fest circuit"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'The Dance of Reality' is the work of a highly disciplined anarchist, whose principal weapon against authority is his own imagination"	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"'The Dance of Reality' is nonetheless proof that the legendary provocateur is still a font of out-there invention (...) fans should eagerly accept his 'Amarcord'"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.