Siddhartha (re-release)
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 27, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatPhil Hall
An extraordinary achievement on all possible levels. Read full review
90
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
A beautiful and timeless achievement, Conrad Rooks' 1972 adaptation of Herman Hesse's appropriation of East Indian mythology still entrances.
80
Village VoiceEd Halter
Sven Nykvist's golden-hued cinematography perfectly suits Hesse's mind-expanding narrative of Buddhist enlightenment. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Some aspects of Siddhartha seem terribly dated: the '60s-ish nude sequences, the wispy music, the big-eyed earnest acting. But it is a lushly beautiful film. Shooting largely in natural light, Nykvist creates a poetry more beautiful than Hesse's prose and as profound as the author's message. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Apologies to Conrad Rooks, but the only reason his 1972 film, Siddhartha, is getting a 30th-anniversary rerelease is the appeal of seeing Sven Nykvist's amazing cinematography restored to its full splendor. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not credited)
Rooks has chosen to give this a surface elegance which sometimes robs the film of its needed earthiness and sensuality in its love angle and more robustness in detailing the vagaries of social aspects and values at the time. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
Fails to capture the essence of Hesse's book, try though it may. It is more a series of filmed events than an interpretation of the story. Read full review
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