Fresh
You can freeze almost any frame of this film and be looking at a striking still photograph.
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com
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Through a Glass Darkly
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Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.
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Elaborately rhetorical at the end, this 1961 film nevertheless develops its theme lucidly and with some of Bergman's most unforgettable sequences.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It is almost superfluous to note that the film is beautifully made: visually exquisite, ingeniously knit.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
Not a pleasant film, it is a great one.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Preserving a strict unity of time and place, this stark tale of a young woman's decline into insanity is set in a summer home on a holiday island.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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