Cries and Whispers (1972)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 24 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 8.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: Ingmar Bergman's acclaimed drama, which deals with the fractured relationships between three sisters, is set in a vast turn-of-the-century manor house where unidentified voices are continually whispering and mingle with a dying woman's cries of pain. Karin and Maria (played by Ingrid... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan
Director: Ingmar Bergman
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The much-vaunted color symbolism is so obvious as to be almost charming in its simplicity, and the gothic ambience never really resonates.
08/01/07
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Ingmar Bergman's dark vision of the human condition has focused on individuals incapable of real inter-personal communications except on the most primitive level.
08/01/07
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the hushed, interior tone fails to generate much drama, and the tension never explodes
11/26/05
The most haunting death story in the movies, exquisitely photographed, like a reverie just before the afterlife.
04/20/04
Relentlessly discursive and somber, also hauntingly elliptical and exquisitely crafted.
07/30/03
Cries and Whispers is an unforgettable experience, one that causes the viewer to frequently wince in emotional pain.
07/11/03
It stands alone and it reduces almost everything else you're likely to see this season to the size of a small cinder.
05/20/03
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