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The Sheltering Sky puts its talented stars at odds with a misguided and largely unsatisfying adaptation of potentially unfilmable source material.
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (13)
Quote not available. September 7, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
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Owen Gleiberman
A disappointingly reductive adaptation of Paul Bowles's first novel. December 7, 2007 | Full Review…
A disappointingly reductive adaptation of Paul Bowles's first novel.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Those who haven't read the book will be left bewildered. December 7, 2007 | Full Review…
Those who haven't read the book will be left bewildered.
Variety Staff
As you'd expect, it's a big, handsome film, rich and strange in psychological depths and eroticism. Malkovich and Winger play woundingly well. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
As you'd expect, it's a big, handsome film, rich and strange in psychological depths and eroticism. Malkovich and Winger play woundingly well.
A long, beautifully modulated cry of despair. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A long, beautifully modulated cry of despair.
Vincent Canby
Bowles's gentle, avian features, the obvious wisdom of his years and his distinctive presence are practically worth the price of admission. January 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Bowles's gentle, avian features, the obvious wisdom of his years and his distinctive presence are practically worth the price of admission.
Desson Thomson
Insufferably dull. May 19, 2020 | Full Review…
Insufferably dull.
Monica Dorenkamp
Working with legendary cinematographer and longtime collaborator Vittorio Storaro, Bertolucci constructed one of the most visually gorgeous films of his career. April 6, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Working with legendary cinematographer and longtime collaborator Vittorio Storaro, Bertolucci constructed one of the most visually gorgeous films of his career.
Nathanael Hood
Filled with stunning visuals. March 11, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Filled with stunning visuals.
Dennis Schwartz
Disappointing. December 7, 2007 | Full Review…
Disappointing.
Brimming with obscure meaning and devoid of drive and fervor, the film dries up in that symbolic desert sun, the victim of its own pretensions and a casualty of trying to film something best suited to the realm of cult literature. December 7, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Brimming with obscure meaning and devoid of drive and fervor, the film dries up in that symbolic desert sun, the victim of its own pretensions and a casualty of trying to film something best suited to the realm of cult literature.
Bertolucci's grand desert epic gets stuck in the sand right at the start. December 6, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5
Bertolucci's grand desert epic gets stuck in the sand right at the start.
Christopher Null
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