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
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 nonetheless ring hollow for some viewers.
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.
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A masterpiece of craftsmanship that fails completely on the thematic front.
09/27/07
[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.
05/22/07
Top CriticClimates 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.
05/17/07
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.
05/12/07
Top CriticClimates is no nature documentary, but it does use heat waves and cold snaps as a metaphor for a relationship's tempestuous extremes.
05/04/07
Climates is pretty strong in its performances, but the rather luxurious -- some would say too-slow -- pacing may prove to be off-putting.
03/31/07
As much as I respect Climates, I can sympathize with viewers who will balk at the film's pretensions and glacial pacing.
03/23/07
Top CriticA slow, deliberate and often achingly beautiful film about how we often keep at arm’s length that which we most love.
03/16/07
One of the most perceptive and turbulent love stories in recent memory.
03/16/07
The pitch-perfect direction and the crisp but lonely images create an uncomfortable and awkward intimacy...
03/15/07
[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.
03/09/07
Top CriticThe husband learns nothing, and his monstrous behavior makes the movie relentlessly downbeat.
02/16/07
Top CriticA stunning film to look at, and to listen to.
02/16/07
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.
02/15/07
Top CriticA painful, tearful and concise journey of two people past the point of no return, trudging the slow path towards moving on.
02/15/07
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.
02/09/07
The work of a film-maker who has established absolute mastery over his cinematic idiom.
02/09/07
As an actor, Ceylan has a lugubrious onscreen charm, but as a director he’s not interested in portraying himself in a flattering light.
02/09/07
Dress warm for this chilly dissection of the irreconcilable gulf between men and women. Acutely observed, artfully executed, and grimly funny.
02/09/07
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