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Movie Overview
Cast
• Richard Gere
• Brooke Adams
• Sam Shepard
Director
• Terrence Malick
MPAA Rating
PG
Days of Heaven (1978)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh
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"For Malick, Man is just a small part of a world which just keeps going round with or without his petty squabbles, crimes, loves, or melodramatic plots."  PopMatters  Brian Holcomb

"The film is unable to overcome the fatal flaw of the three lead's unconvincing acting."  Cinemania  Dan Jardine

"Days of Heaven is a compelling adventure story and a riveting meditation on the soulscape of America."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2.5/4
"One thing that certainly can be said about Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven: it's not sentimental or manipulative. Unfortunately, it's also not particularly involving."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Simply riveting."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

4.5/5
"Every shot is suitable for framing."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

4/4
"To hell with equivocation or beating around the bush: Terrence Malick's 1978 Days of Heaven is the greatest film ever made."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

"Malick emphasizes both his characters' happiness and ignorance. This dilemma is acknowledged in the title, which implies that for Heaven to be existent so must Hell."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor
OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh
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