Hadewijch
IFC Films | Release Date: December 24, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 6, 2011
Dumont makes movies that almost nobody wants to see. That doesn't make him a great filmmaker, but he's a great filmmaker all the same. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 25, 2010
If Hadewijch is Mr. Dumont's most overtly religious film, it is not pro-faith in any specific way, although the director clearly respects the religious impulse. Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'HehirDec 23, 2010
Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch is one of two small-release art films this season that deliver nuanced and fascinating portraits of faith. Read full review
80
Village VoiceNick PinkertonDec 23, 2010
With Hadewijch, he (Dumont) endorses something like the Dardenne brothers' rugged, squalid secular humanism, offering the barrier-breaking embrace as vague alternative to Despair, Church, or Capital. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiDec 22, 2010
As in "L'Humanité" and "Twentynine Palms," the director presents a cogent study of emotional excess with a sure handed control that harkens back to Robert Bresson. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 22, 2010
There's a darker, fanatical side to blindness too-and this is the movie to show it. Leave all judgments behind. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoDec 25, 2010
An exploration of the power of religion -- should delight Dumont's fans. For others, it will take a bit of getting used to. The effort will prove to be worthwhile. Read full review
38
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottFeb 11, 2011
Dumont's fans might find this latest exercise enjoyable, but his style of filmmaking is an acquired taste. I doubt those without that taste are going to acquire it here. Read full review
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