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The Wild Pear Tree uses a young man's post-graduation experience to pose thoughtful, engaging questions about life in modern Turkey -- and the rest of the world.
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"The Wild Pear Tree" wends its patient, intelligent way toward a rapprochement between the generations, an acceptance of the past and the land, and a weary wising-up of its central figure. April 10, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"The Wild Pear Tree" wends its patient, intelligent way toward a rapprochement between the generations, an acceptance of the past and the land, and a weary wising-up of its central figure.
Ty Burr
The progression of the conversations goes a long way in making Wild Pear Tree feel like an epic; the accumulation of ideas feels downright monumental. February 28, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
The progression of the conversations goes a long way in making Wild Pear Tree feel like an epic; the accumulation of ideas feels downright monumental.
Ben Sachs
I can't wait to see it again. February 21, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
I can't wait to see it again.
Michael Phillips
Cemcir's performance, suffused with a kind of wily, defiant grace, has an emotional depth that makes this movie's spirit not just heavy and somber, but also curiously forgiving. February 7, 2019 | Full Review…
Cemcir's performance, suffused with a kind of wily, defiant grace, has an emotional depth that makes this movie's spirit not just heavy and somber, but also curiously forgiving.
Justin Chang
The unapologetic, sometimes heavy-handed literariness of "The Wild Pear Tree" is leavened by hints of grim comedy and sharp, if subtle, social criticism. January 29, 2019 | Full Review…
The unapologetic, sometimes heavy-handed literariness of "The Wild Pear Tree" is leavened by hints of grim comedy and sharp, if subtle, social criticism.
A.O. Scott
[A]t its best, The Wild Pear Tree captures not just the feeling, but also the process of coming to terms with one's place in society-and that, if nothing else, requires patience. January 28, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
[A]t its best, The Wild Pear Tree captures not just the feeling, but also the process of coming to terms with one's place in society-and that, if nothing else, requires patience.
Lawrence Garcia
A nervy, jittery, restless work from a filmmaker determined to never stop probing, reflecting, and seeking answers. November 14, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A nervy, jittery, restless work from a filmmaker determined to never stop probing, reflecting, and seeking answers.
Matthew Lucas
Beautiful cinematography but a self-indulgent mess. October 28, 2019 | Full Review…
Beautiful cinematography but a self-indulgent mess.
Louis Proyect
A film that knows perfectly that, if it wants to mimic the specific weight of a good novel, its ultimate ambition has to be to articulate a worldview from the organic construction of a subjectivity. [Full Review in Spanish] August 14, 2019 | Full Review…
A film that knows perfectly that, if it wants to mimic the specific weight of a good novel, its ultimate ambition has to be to articulate a worldview from the organic construction of a subjectivity. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jordi Costa
The entire feel of the film shifts at times, often mid-scene, as Sinan attempts to craft a personal history while trying to break free from the shackles of history at large. August 7, 2019 | Full Review…
The entire feel of the film shifts at times, often mid-scene, as Sinan attempts to craft a personal history while trying to break free from the shackles of history at large.
Siddhant Adlakha
Full of passion and sensuality and lyricism. [Full review in Spanish] July 29, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Full of passion and sensuality and lyricism. [Full review in Spanish]
Nando Salvá
The very limpid photography of Gökhan Tiryaki and a soundtrack in which Bach dominates, contribute to create this atmosphere of melancholy. [Full Review in Spanish] June 20, 2019 | Full Review…
The very limpid photography of Gökhan Tiryaki and a soundtrack in which Bach dominates, contribute to create this atmosphere of melancholy. [Full Review in Spanish]
Carlos Bonfil
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