Cries and Whispers

"A magnificent, moving and very misterious new film (...) Nothing that Bergman has done before is likely to prepare you for 'Cries and Whispers' (...) It stands alone and it reduces almost everything else you're likely to see this season to the size of a small cinder". 

"'Cries and Whispers' is like no movie I've seen before, and like no movie Ingmar Bergman has made before (...) It is hypnotic, disturbing, frightening (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"More a rough draft for a Bergman movie than a finished product (...) [It] promises much and delivers little or nothing. Still, it's beautifully made and photographed" 

"Bergman’s lean style, his use of lingering close-ups, fades to red and a soundtrack echoing with the ticking of clocks, the rustle of dresses and the hushed cries of the lost gives pic a hypnotic impact." 

"Its shocking eruptions of physical and emotional violence make it feel like an utterly contemporary work about a world in political and intimate turmoil." 

"Masterpiece (...) Like the greatest of artists, Bergman not only has the capacity to perceive the truth but a willingness to express it without compromise (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"