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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineFace to Face is an extremely intense experience from start to finish, due in large part to Ullmann's performance as she powerfully expresses a range of emotions seldom seen in American films.
- 90The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyBergman creates a stunning picture not only of personal anxiety but also of the fury that may exist just below the surface of any perfect state.
- 80Time OutTime OutThe acting is intense, as you would expect from Ullmann and Josephson, working under a director who was coming to terms with his own breakdown in this film; and the nightmare imagery (washed-out backgrounds clashing vividly with stark colours) delivers a strong jolt to the subconscious.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA confused and sometimes overwrought new treatment of the director's most obsessive theme, suicide.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineFace to Face feels scattershot and incomplete, never adequately establishing connections between characters, motivations for significant actions, or even the simple causalities of time and space.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIngmar Bergman at his most painful, pretentious, and empty.