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06/24/06
Siddhartha (1972)
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Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 10
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This is a timeless, universal story adapted from the novella by German writer Herman Hesse, about youth, the search for one's place in the world, and the struggle for happiness. Based loosely on the Indian mythological story of the prince... [More]
Starring: Amrik Singh, Pincho Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Romesh Sharma
Director: Conrad Rooks
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05/09/05
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A lovely, evocative piece that may come across as stodgy and obvious thirty years after its release.
03/16/05
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This is a case where the true seeker must journey to the original source!
02/25/03
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01/24/03
Its visual beauty is compelling and its emotions are kindled from within, as it takes off from the source of its literary roots and becomes a pure cinematic experience.
01/23/03
Shooting largely in natural light, Nykvist creates a poetry more beautiful than Hesse's prose and as profound as the author's message.
12/13/02
Top Critic Apologies to Conrad Rooks, but the only reason his 1972 film, Siddhartha, is getting a 30th-anniversary rerelease is the appeal of seeing Sven Nykvist's amazing cinematography restored to its full splendor.
10/18/02
Top Critic Sven Nykvist's golden-hued cinematography perfectly suits Hesse's mind-expanding narrative of Buddhist enlightenment.
09/17/02
Top Critic A gentle reminder of just how much life and movies have changed -- not entirely for the better.
07/26/02
In the end, Siddhartha the movie fails in its attempt to explore and question and meditate. You can't be meditative while running through a field and leaping over foxholes.
07/19/02
Rather than living on as reminder of India in the early 1900s, the film now exists as a period piece of another sort, namely, as a cult film of the psychedelic era.
07/11/02
Top Critic Unless you are fully into the subtleties of Hinduism, you are likely to find it rather flat and lethargic.
07/02/02
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