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Hauntingly beautiful, Distant communicates volumes with its almost pervasive silence.
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There is plenty to admire here, but the movie is a gaunt affair, with something ruinously washed-out about it. Dec 13, 2017 | Full Review…
There is plenty to admire here, but the movie is a gaunt affair, with something ruinously washed-out about it.
Antonia Quirke
Deeply compassionate and frequently amusing, qualifying as a minor miracle of humanely observant filmmaking. Jan 28, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Deeply compassionate and frequently amusing, qualifying as a minor miracle of humanely observant filmmaking.
Jeff Shannon
A beautifully made, unapologetically artistic piece of work. Sep 24, 2004 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A beautifully made, unapologetically artistic piece of work.
Kenneth Turan
Ultimately, it becomes a movie about the feeling of being alive, the sensation of existence. It's a movie, in a way, about everything. Jul 23, 2004 | Full Review…
Ultimately, it becomes a movie about the feeling of being alive, the sensation of existence. It's a movie, in a way, about everything.
Desson Thomson
Straightforward, droll, brutally honest and arresting, if somewhat stately in progress. Jul 23, 2004 | Full Review…
Straightforward, droll, brutally honest and arresting, if somewhat stately in progress.
Stephen Hunter
Stuffed with unspoken thoughts and unspeakable feelings May 26, 2004 | Full Review…
Stuffed with unspoken thoughts and unspeakable feelings
James Christopher
Ceylan's cinema affects a solipsism that leads to a heightened sense of one's own surroundings - thus creating not a slow cinema but an extremely attentive cinema. Dec 1, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Ceylan's cinema affects a solipsism that leads to a heightened sense of one's own surroundings - thus creating not a slow cinema but an extremely attentive cinema.
PJ Nabarro
The tale has a deceptive, emotional complexity that builds to a surprisingly heartrending impact. Sep 8, 2005 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
The tale has a deceptive, emotional complexity that builds to a surprisingly heartrending impact.
Josh Ralske
He'd love to mimic Antonioni and Ozu, but Ceylan still has much to learn about crafting quiet scenes Mar 26, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5
He'd love to mimic Antonioni and Ozu, but Ceylan still has much to learn about crafting quiet scenes
Christopher Null
A startlingly quiet film that is buoyed by a droll humor, splendid visuals and bittersweet reflections into the human condition. Jan 18, 2005 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
A startlingly quiet film that is buoyed by a droll humor, splendid visuals and bittersweet reflections into the human condition.
Dennis Schwartz
It's bleak, yes, but it's beautiful in equal measure. Oct 1, 2004 | Rating: A | Full Review…
It's bleak, yes, but it's beautiful in equal measure.
E! Staff
The film's extraordinary shifts from windswept sorrow ... to deadpan comedy ... are uniquely, triumphantly their maker's own. Sep 22, 2004 | Full Review…
The film's extraordinary shifts from windswept sorrow ... to deadpan comedy ... are uniquely, triumphantly their maker's own.
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