63
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThe scenes of artistic, scientific and communal triumph were significant. The isolated, solipsistic anger of each character, lost in their own identity loop, seemed like a perfect analogy for the conflicts in eastern Europe in the mid-1990s.
- 88Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonWenders weaves all his thematic and narrative threads together into a coherent, philosophical whole. Even with the apocalypse, though, his view isn't despairing. A new direction, a new beginning emerges out of the ashes of the old, image-overloaded world, and with it, a sort of muted optimism.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyWenders’ weird and wired view of the near future tempts replay as often as the sensational soundtrack (U2, Talking Heads, Patti Smith).
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceTo watch the 158-minute 1991 theatrical cut of Until the End of the World, Wim Wenders’s globetrotting, apocalyptic, pop-rock-saturated sci-fi odyssey, is to zone in and out of a meandering, wistful dream.
- 60The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesThe longer it gets, the loopier it gets. [19 Jan 1992, p.13]
- 50Austin ChronicleKathleen MaherAustin ChronicleKathleen MaherWhat starts out promisingly enough continues considerably beyond the end of the world and wears out even the most determined Wenders fan.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie itself, unfortunately, is not as compelling as the tempest that went into its making.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineOnce the film gets bogged down in the outback, however, it comes to a virtual stop. Wenders seems to be saying something pretty banal about the emotional emptiness of the recorded image as opposed to the "real thing." If that's the point, why make a film at all?
- 50The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlDespite all of the personalized Wenders touches, it ultimately resembles many a top-heavy, star-laden, special-effects-driven production from the major-studio assembly lines.
- 40Time OutTime OutDespite a few felicitous moments, the film is turgid, pretentious, and dramatically lifeless.