Rotten
A disappointingly reductive adaptation of Paul Bowles's first novel.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Sheltering Sky
A woman's dangerous and erotic journey...
1990 · 2h 18m · R
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
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The Sheltering Sky
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An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
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45%
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Rotten
Those who haven't read the book will be left bewildered.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A long, beautifully modulated cry of despair.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
The book is so complete, so deep and so self-contained that it shuts the movie out. Bertolucci shows us the outsides and the surfaces, and a person seeing this movie without having read the book might ask what it is about.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Bowles's gentle, avian features, the obvious wisdom of his years and his distinctive presence are practically worth the price of admission.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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