Wolke Neun
Music Box Films | Release Date: August 28, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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80
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
All the more disappointing, then, when what has been a celebration of last-ditch passion slides abruptly into a cautionary tale. Until that point the movie's refreshingly unbiased tone allows us to make our own moral judgments, teasing us with the possibility that, occasionally, the scarlet woman can escape unbranded. I, for one, was rooting for her. Read full review
76
NPRElla Taylor
Cloud 9 is most moving when it steps quietly into the gap between physical decline and the persistence, at full blast, of unfulfilled longing and desire. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Seldom has any movie shown so much geriatric sex and full-frontal nudity (male and female). But, thanks to Dresen, it is all done with taste and sensitivity. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
A stark, minimalist drama. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
These performances are so quietly effective that we watch, absorbed. I'm not sure, however, that where this film comes from quite earns the place it goes to. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom Russo
This isn't just physical love, warts and all, but warts, liver spots, saggy parts, and all. Still, the thing that ultimately keeps your head turned is how persuasively filmmaker Andreas Dresen ("Summer in Berlin'') argues that desire can create just as much emotional tumult in golden years as in youth. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The quiet exploration of late sexuality is remarkable, but the characters' seniority also makes the triangle doubly painful for the woman's husband of 30 years, who suddenly faces the prospect not only of living alone but of dying that way as well. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Cloud 9 may not be my idea of a great movie, but it doesn't pretend that old folks are, by definition, sexless. In the movie business, this qualifies as a revolution. Read full review
60
EmpirePatrick Peters
Disappointing third act to this brave drama about love and sex in our later years. Read full review
60
Time OutStephen Garrett
Cloud 9's plot is thin, the conflict lazy, and the resolution sudden and unsurprising. That's a shame, because stronger development in the story department might have made this film a minor sensation. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
Overall tone lies somewhere between Mike Leigh and Ken Loach in performances and look, with a modest tech package. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Ultimately though, apart from the ages of the protagonists, Cloud 9 is a standard-issue infidelity story. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
The film may attract older moviegoers curious to see their generation represented onscreen doing what comes naturally for once. It's doubtful that the general audience will be so inclined. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNicolas Rapold
Besides the frank, blithe sex scenes, a melodramatic ending aims to banish any last hope of gemütlichkeit, but the film comes to feel curiously incomplete, like one long fretful afternoon. Read full review
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