83
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittTouching, transfixing, unique.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirAn inexpressibly beautiful and moving film, even though (or because) it seems to be about someone unimportant doing something irrelevant, perhaps something silly, in the face of insurmountable odds and a world that doesn't care.
- 90The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneWerner Herzog may lack heroes, nowadays, who seem adequate to his fierce capacity for wonder. When occasion demands, however, he can still turn the world upside down.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonHaving emerged from his new German cinema heyday as one of the world's most guileless and original documentary filmmakers, Herzog has slowly been crafting a four-dimensional fresco of the planet, its most human-resistant landscapes, and our dubious dramas in confronting the chaos.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe film, which includes some breathtakingly beautiful images of the green, wet Guyanese jungle and a monumental waterfall that cuts through it, is driven less by narrative than by ideas and impressions.
- 80TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxAn intoxicating dream of a film that speaks to the daydreamer in all of us.
- 80The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasHerzog also finds extraordinary beauty in what Dorrington is trying to accomplish: Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his boat, Dorrington wants to float around the natural world in a reverie, and when he finally does, he experiences a connection with Plage that's genuinely transcendent.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAlthough The White Diamond is entire of itself, it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog's work. Here is one of the most inquisitive filmmakers alive, a man who will go to incredible lengths to film people living at the extremes.
- 63New York PostNew York PostMagnificent shots of waterfalls and other natural phenomena abound, but it's far too late in the history of nature photography to expect anyone to gawk at them.