Viridiana Reviews

For Luis Buñuel, impiety is a genetic trait and an essential facet of his art. That his work also lifts the spirit -- imparting a delirious sensation of the divine-is a most welcome incongruity, one exemplified by his prizewinning 1961 effort, Viridiana.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/6

An extraordinary cinematic treasure.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10

Essential and unforgettable.

| Original Score: 5/5

'Viridiana' probes deep into psychological earth; at the core, it's a despairing picture of the dark cavern of the human heart.

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See Viridiana, and all other movies will seem to be missing something from then on.

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One of Bunuel's most scathing attacks on Spanish society and religion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

ranks near the top of Bunuel's body of work

Full Review | Original Score: A

quintessential Bunuel

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

quintessential Buñuel: a perfect entryway to his work, and a microcosm of his contradictory universe of the beautiful and the grotesque.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

It's another of Buñuel's controversial films that is an indictment of organized religion.

Full Review | Original Score: A+

The man who made Los Olvidados believes in ... reform. In Viridiana he more fully, and comically, acknowledges the immense hurdles to reform set up by human corruption.

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Whether Señor Buñuel means his picture as a reflection of all people or just the people of Spain is not clear nor, indeed, is it essential. It is an ugly, depressing view of life. And, to be frank about it, it is a little old-fashioned, too.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

More than 40 years after its original release, Viridiana remains one of the most shocking films ever made.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Luis Buñuel returned to his native Spain to create this 1961 masterpiece, which marked his rebirth as a filmmaker of international repute.

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Viridiana has a deceptively artless quality, stemming from the poetic formality with which Bunuel allows the picture to unfold.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 5/5