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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissSaraband makes for a powerful and poignant final roar from the grand old man of cinema--the movies' lion king.
- 100Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallOne could literally milk a thesaurus in trying to find the right words to lavish on Saraband: brilliant, towering, majestic, challenging, remarkable.
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIts leisurely, deliberative style is a perfect complement to the emotions it deals with - emotions so penetrating that I warn you at the outset how jarringly intense you may find Bergman's most brilliant drama in decades.
- 100Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBergman has never been an ordinary filmmaker, and what he's given us is no genial last hurrah but rather an intensely dramatic, at times lacerating examination of life's conundrums that is exhilarating in its fearlessness and its command.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMs. Ullmann, now 65, and Mr. Josephson, 81, have a supreme mastery of the Bergman style. Their performances are spiritual and emotional X-rays.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAnyone expecting a tender sunset elegy, however, has wandered into the wrong film. Saraband, despite a few wistful moments, is a poison pill of a reunion.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIf ultimately the highly talky Saraband comes across as a minor entry in the canon, it nonetheless marks a dignified farewell for one of cinema's greatest directors.
- 70Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonSaraband doesn't ask to be considered prime-cut Bergman, and it isn't, although its slightness may not matter to the art-film starving class.