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(1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 60% Fresh Page   1   5/5 "an object so elementally based in pure cinema that one might call it, well, miraculous."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin "Just prior to the wrapping-up sunset is a stunning white-on-white Pre-Raphaelite laying-out scene."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 2/4 "Reygadas, a wonky impressionistic filmmaker, prioritizes aesthetics above social inquiry throughout the film, presenting the lives of his reclusive Mennonite community as something out of the imagination of Grant Wood."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "If the film is effective (as it was for me), we are happy to enjoy the silences, to meditate on the striking visual images, and to share in the thoughts of the characters."   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider "Ruinously removed from the emotional and spiritual states of the characters"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce 4/5 "A deeply spiritual drama set in rural Mexico about a Mennonite farmer, adultery, and the grace of God."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 4/5 "A deeply spiritual drama set in rural Mexico about a Mennonite farmer, adultery, and the grace of God."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 28/100 "The film quickly becomes banal and uninteresting, with none of the spice and life of Bergman's similar spiritual quests of self-discovery"   Film and Felt   Gabe Leibowitz "There's no denying the film's visual beauty. And if you are willing and able to allow yourself the patience to enter into the rhythm of the story, and slow your pulse to its pace, you will find it a powerful, even a stunning experience."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards "As suggested by Johan's halting of a pendulum, Silent Light may very well take place across several moments out of time."   House Next Door   Keith Uhlich A+ "...a masterpiece contemplating love and free will with stunning visuals and natural sound...the most Scandinavian of art films made by a Mexican director in his home country."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "The stunning visuals and the use of silences weave a certain spell. Unfortunately said spell is akin to a sedative."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina C "The near-epitome of art-cinema pretentiousness."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager A "The DVD does not have much by way of extras...but, in this case, the extras are superfluous. It is the movie that you want to see."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "[Carlos] Reygadas' measured pace and the reflective observation of his patient camera is in tune with the movement of seasons and the cycle of crops..."   Parallax View   Sean Axmaker 9/10 "Reygadas doesn't make any particular effort to foreground that story for long stretches at a time, instead focusing on the rhythms of life."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 16) of 16 OFCS Rating: 60% Fresh Page   1