Rotten
Like Chappaqua, the movie doesn't live up to the legend.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
Overview
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he had been seeking. The story is based on the best-selling novel by German Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse.
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60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Janice Page, Boston Globe
Fresh
Sven Nykvist's golden-hued cinematography perfectly suits Hesse's mind-expanding narrative of Buddhist enlightenment.
Ed Halter, Village Voice
Fresh
Rather than living on as reminder of India in the early 1900s, the film now exists as a period piece of another sort, namely, as a cult film of the psychedelic era.
John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Unless you are fully into the subtleties of Hinduism, you are likely to find it rather flat and lethargic.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
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