La Sapienza
Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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7
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2
Negative:
0
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100
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireMar 20, 2015
Easily the most astonishing and important movie to emerge from France in quite some time. While its style deserves to be called stunningly original and rapturously beautiful, the film is boldest in its artistic and philosophical implications, which pointedly go against many dominant trends of the last half-century. Read full review
90
VarietyScott FoundasApr 9, 2015
The unresolvable tension between logic and feeling animates Eugene Green’s La Sapienza, an exquisite rumination on life, love and art that tickles the heart and mind in equal measure. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineCarson LundMar 13, 2015
The mannered direction is at its most effective when it inspires an enhanced sensitivity to the import of every gesture, visual or verbal. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSam LubellJun 25, 2015
The pace can feel plodding, but the observations on human frailty and redemption more than make up for it. Despite forays into the head, it's the movie's heart that makes it special. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMar 19, 2015
Talky and cerebral, this theatrical drama juxtaposes space and light and explores ghosts from the past and love in the present. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMar 19, 2015
The movie is an unapologetically rarefied undertaking and at the same time a gracious and inviting film. And it embodies an elegant and melancholy paradox: What looks like tourism is really the pursuit of truth and beauty, and vice versa. Read full review
70
Village VoiceZachary WigonMar 19, 2015
A picture that balances heart and mind with nuance. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid EhrlichMar 17, 2015
Combining the knowingly arch style of Abbas Kiarostami (whose "Certified Copy" towers over and belittles this film) with the didactically educational passion of your favorite art professor, La Sapienza alternately feels like a self-reflexive love story or a haunted history lesson—its best scenes play like both. Read full review
60
The DissolveNoel MurrayMar 17, 2015
While La Sapienza is unsatisfying as drama, it’s frequently beautiful just as a tour through architecturally significant Italian buildings. And it’s intellectually engaging as an elaboration of their larger meaning. Read full review
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