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The Wild Pear Tree

Ahlat Agaci

2018

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Hazar Ergüçlü ...

7.0

1,198

Drama An aspiring writer returns to her native village in rural Turkey, but becomes overwhelmed by her father's debts.

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Another visually rich chamber piece from Nuri Bilge Ceylan that builds elaborate rhetorical set pieces of astonishing density (...) The achievement is masterful"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Sensual and lyrical, tremendously well acted, heavy in visual and verbal metaphor (...) There are passages of terrifically subtle deadpan comedy (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Slow and surprisingly talky, the three hours of the film do not exactly fly by (...) [but] the final sequences are worth the wait"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A gentle, humane, beautifully made and magnificently acted movie (...) There are some stunning images in the film (...) It is delicious"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s funny, touching father-son bonding tale earns its three hours (...) 'The Wild Pear Tree' maintains a visual sophistication unparalleled in international cinema"	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg rogerebert.com	"'The Wild Pear Tree' is neither slow nor boring (...) It's hard to escape the sense that Ceylan filmed an overlong draft to give his film the appearance of heft"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Nothing much actually happens, but there is a restlessness, a tension that pushes nearly every moment toward an invisible precipice of violence."	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"A sobering, beautifully shot, existential confrontation between a son and his father (...) Performances are all admirable."	POS

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