Winter Sleepers
WinStar Cinema | Release Date: March 22, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Offers a riveting depiction of the classic collision of fate and character, with geography in this instance playing a crucial role. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Winter Sleepers has many such breathtaking moments in which sounds and images synergize with an explosive precision. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Angst-ridden, yet graceful, stylish, and optimistic allegory about swerving off one road and finding your way back via another. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Though it was made before "Run Lola Run," feels like the work of a more seasoned heart and mind. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Kinetic, sexy and full of meaningful coincidences and intertwined fates. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
A movie by a man who adores film and relishes its potential. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
While it lacks the experimental razzle-dazzle of "Lola," the film is a similarly confident and fetching look at love, coincidence, tragedy and fate among the young, the bored and the beautiful. Read full review
70
Film.comTom Keogh
As he did in "Run Lola Run," he has clearly patented an original combination of cinematic eye and ear candy and a profound, irresistible fascination for the role of chance in this world. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
From its ominous opening to its spectacular climactic stunt, the hypnotic precursor to director Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run" is a quieter but creepier affair. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
Technically, the movie occasionally rises to become awe-inspiring, and while sometimes you can smell the acting (especially from Matthes), the performances are often soulful. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
A tedious, soapy romp about overlapping lives and destiny. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Characters are manipulated and lives made whole in ways both satisfying and unexpected. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
I can't yet decide whether the film works or not, but it certainly held me for its full two hours. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's slow and pretentious, full of craggy Bavarian snowscapes and dour "mystical" portents that seem to circle back to nothing but themselves. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A cold, emptily stylish exercise -- and one that sorely lacks the speed and vigor that made "Lola" run. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Unfolds in a shroud of nonspecific suggestiveness but never emerges from under it. Read full review
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