Climates (2006)

Dennis Schwartz

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

Full Review | Comment | Oct., 02 2007 05:49 PM

Colin Covert

[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.

Full Review | Comment | May., 22 2007 02:05 PM

Hap Erstein

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.

Full Review | Comment | May., 12 2007 05:48 AM

Jeff Vice

Climates is pretty strong in its performances, but the rather luxurious -- some would say too-slow -- pacing may prove to be off-putting.

Full Review | Comment | Mar., 31 2007 05:03 AM

Robert W. Butler

A slow, deliberate and often achingly beautiful film about how we often keep at arm’s length that which we most love.

Full Review | Comment | Mar., 16 2007 03:00 PM

Sean Axmaker

The pitch-perfect direction and the crisp but lonely images create an uncomfortable and awkward intimacy...

Full Review | Comment | Mar., 15 2007 05:14 PM

Andrea Gronvall

The husband learns nothing, and his monstrous behavior makes the movie relentlessly downbeat.

Full Review | Comment | Feb., 16 2007 04:23 PM

Michael Phillips

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.

Full Review | Comment | Feb., 15 2007 04:30 PM

Sukhdev Sandhu

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.

Full Review | Comment | Feb., 09 2007 02:55 AM

Wendy Ide

As an actor, Ceylan has a lugubrious onscreen charm, but as a director he’s not interested in portraying himself in a flattering light.

Full Review | Comment | Feb., 09 2007 02:27 AM