85
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- 100Little White LiesDavid JenkinsLittle White LiesDavid JenkinsStalker is a movie to be watched as many times as physically possible, to be picked apart, discussed, argued over, written about, to inspire music, books, poetry, other movies, teachers, philosophers, historians, governments, even the way an individual might chose to live their life. It really is that astounding.
- 90Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumHis mise en scene is mesmerizing, and the final scene is breathtaking. Not an easy film, but almost certainly a great one.
- Visually unforgettable and possibly Tarkovsky's finest work.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawLike Solaris, his earlier meditation on the future, Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker is mysterious and compelling though in my view not, like Andrei Rublev, in the realms of greatness: a vast prose-poem on celluloid whose forms and ideas were to be borrowed by moviemakers like Lynch and Spielberg.
- 80Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenLos Angeles TimesMark OlsenThe film has a hypnotic pull, drawing the viewer deeper and deeper into its enigmatic adventure by crafting a world all its own.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonSeminal feature from Tarkovsky, the master of atmosphere and multi-functional allegory is truly affecting, as well as fodder for countless film studies curricula.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDirected by Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky with the same unearthly visual style, and the same mingled concern with technology and psychology, that he showed in his towering ''Solaris'' a few years ago.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt is by no means an “easy” movie with its somnambulant pace being a significant drawback. However, the movie has qualities that make it hard to forget and, on that basis alone, it is recommended viewing material for anyone serious about film.