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Wild Strawberries

Smultronstället

1957

Ingmar Bergman

Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand ...

8.1

21,832

Drama It explores the disillusionment of an elderly physician, Professor Isak Borg, as he reflects upon his life and begins to perceive his mortality. As he travels to Lund to receive an honorary award after 50 years of medical practice, he finds himself repeatedly affected by intrusive dreams and hallucinations that expose his darkest fears. He slowly comes to realize that the choices he made in the past have created a cold and empty life, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"The film's ability to engage the emotions makes it notable for more than just technique (...) What makes the film great is its nearness to each of us."	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"[It] is so thoroughly mystifying that we wonder whether Mr. Bergman himself knew what he was trying to say (...) This is not to say, however, that the film doesn't have its brilliant scenes and its beautifully touching moments"	NEU
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Bergman is actively wrestling with his torments and desires (...) One of the reasons Bergman was such an art-house juggernaut was simple: He made suffering sexy (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	BBC	"This is one of the truly outstanding works of post-war European cinema (...) One of the Swedish director's most elegiac and humane films (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"'Wild Strawberries' remains a surprisingly optimistic and affirmative movie about getting old"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Gunnar Fischers photography becomes ever more luminous and Sjöströms performance grows in greatness (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"An archetypal Ingmar Bergman film, and one of his best (...) There's a lot of allegorical baggage on board, but the film's virtues lie in its relative simplicity"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"One of Bergman's warmest, and therefore finest films (...) It's filled with richly observed characters and a real feeling for the joys of nature and youth. And Sjöström (...) gives an astonishingly moving performance"	POS

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