Faraway, So Close!

The eccentric performances make this otherwise flawed film work. Read full review

It's a mess, but it's Wenders' mess, and that means that there are any number of salvageable parts to the whole. Read full review

Faraway...is vaguely deflating, a film that doesn't build to a powerful climax so much as gradually run out of air. Read full review

Overlong and ultra-slow, this meditation on the sad state of things will tax the patience of even dedicated Wenders fans. Read full review

The movie, by German directing legend Wim Wenders, is a sequel to his imaginative, winsome "Wings of Desire," and maybe that's the problem. The second time around, Wenders' ideas just don't seem so imaginative. [04 Feb 1994, p.46]

There are moments of exceptional sweetness in Faraway, So Close, and Jurgen Jurges' photography is fine, though not as indelible as Henri Alekan's work in "Wings of Desire." But the film feels both too long and too truncated, with plot twists left dangling in the wind. [04 Feb 1994, p.15]

Trimmed from 164 to 140 minutes after playing the international festival circuit, "Faraway, So Close!" is not without its enticing qualities, and if nothing else it will provoke some interesting coffehouse discussion. But when held to the light of its predecessor, one can't help but think it's pointlessly redundant. [23 Dec 1993, p.E5]

The movie meanders for two and a half hours, has glaring continuity gaps, and repeatedly confuses self-consciousness with irony, sincerity with significance. There are grace notes here, but Wenders' ambitions seem far, far away. Read full review