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Climates (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 63 Fresh: 45  Rotten:18 Average Rating: 6.8/10
 
Consensus: Aesthetically sound and solidly acted, but will ring hollow for some. Aesthetically sound and solidly acted, but will nonetheless ring hollow for some viewers. more
 
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 27, 2006 Limited
Synopsis:
Stuck in Istanbul and longing for his lost love, professor Isa (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) decides to leave the city and pursue his former girlfriend through wintery climes in this Cannes award-winning film. [More]
Stuck in Istanbul and longing for his lost love, professor Isa (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) decides to leave the city and pursue his former girlfriend through wintery climes in this Cannes award-winning film. [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Fatma Ceylan

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 26, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.95

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - Turkish
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Materials:

  • Behind The Scenes - Making Of
  • Featurettes - "CLIMATES at Cannes"
  • Interviews - Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Director; Ebru Ceylan - Star
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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Sizzles when it explores the fragile nature of relationships and the difficulty of connecting with the opposite sex.

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10/02/07 05:49 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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A masterpiece of craftsmanship that fails completely on the thematic front.

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09/27/07 02:01 PM
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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[Director Ceylan] has created a plaintive work of art in Climates, the story of a mature relationship edging from the stale doldrums of summer to a winter of discontent.

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05/22/07 02:05 PM
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Climates is filled with gorgeous, poetic images that ask us to engage with the movie and try to figure out if there's more to it than meets the eye.

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05/17/07 01:37 PM
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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There is an undeniable beauty to some of [director] Ceylan's imagery, but as drama goes, this film is simply too inert for general audience tastes.

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05/12/07 05:48 AM
Hap Erstein
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Climates is no nature documentary, but it does use heat waves and cold snaps as a metaphor for a relationship's tempestuous extremes.

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05/04/07 03:50 PM
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Climates is pretty strong in its performances, but the rather luxurious -- some would say too-slow -- pacing may prove to be off-putting.

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03/31/07 05:03 AM
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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As much as I respect Climates, I can sympathize with viewers who will balk at the film's pretensions and glacial pacing.

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03/23/07 04:48 PM
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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A slow, deliberate and often achingly beautiful film about how we often keep at arm’s length that which we most love.

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03/16/07 03:00 PM
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star
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One of the most perceptive and turbulent love stories in recent memory.

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03/16/07 02:06 PM
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times
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The pitch-perfect direction and the crisp but lonely images create an uncomfortable and awkward intimacy...

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03/15/07 05:14 PM
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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[The] main character spends an inordinate amount of time brooding and staring off into the distance, alternating with scenes of that character's girlfriend brooding and staring off into the distance.

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03/09/07 03:13 PM
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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The husband learns nothing, and his monstrous behavior makes the movie relentlessly downbeat.

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02/16/07 04:23 PM
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
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A stunning film to look at, and to listen to.

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02/16/07 04:21 PM
Jim Emerson
RogerEbert.com
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The beauty of the Turkish film Climates, a small but indelible masterpiece, is more than skin-deep. No 2006 film meant more to me. It's as sharp and lovely as the best Chekhov short stories.

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02/15/07 04:30 PM
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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A painful, tearful and concise journey of two people past the point of no return, trudging the slow path towards moving on.

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02/15/07 01:28 PM
Matt Pais
Metromix.com
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Goes beyond distant, remote or even far-flung. It is as spare and isolated a movie about a relationship as has been made for many a year.

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02/09/07 02:55 AM
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph
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The work of a film-maker who has established absolute mastery over his cinematic idiom.

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02/09/07 02:35 AM
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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As an actor, Ceylan has a lugubrious onscreen charm, but as a director he’s not interested in portraying himself in a flattering light.

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02/09/07 02:27 AM
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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Dress warm for this chilly dissection of the irreconcilable gulf between men and women. Acutely observed, artfully executed, and grimly funny.

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02/09/07 02:11 AM
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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