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Phoebe Pua

23Mar12

The intertextual Bergman film. Performs as a parallel to Persona, with a structure that reminds one of Cries and Whispers. Admits the shame of being an artist just as Through a Glass Darkly did, and demanded more from Ingrid Bergman than Ingmar, like Wild Strawberries did with Victor Sjostrom.

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soiwaswrong

4Mar12

What a film!?.. Emotions are bursting out all of a sudden because of hidden guilt and anger.. Liv ullmann and ingrid bergman's performance is superb!!..

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ramosbarajas

20Feb12

One of Bergman's strongest films. Continuing a trend of mixing theater and cinema, it does not deal with theater directly, but its staging repeatedly reminds us of it, specially in this chamber drama genre. Ullmann and Bergman are intense and haunting. The story, while mostly bitter, is ultimately satisfying, and the film gives off that magic Nordic feel that defines Bergman, while maintaining a harsh realism.

mrminio

29Jan12

Perhaps it's my favourite Bergman movie. Everything is just so damn fine. Mood, storytelling, plot, cinematography. What's more, performance is the biggest advantage of the movie! I've never seen such a good and convincing acting. Incredible skills of Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann caused that I forgot it's only a movie. True masterpiece.

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Michael Convery

24Dec11

Like most of Bergman's films from the 70's, Autumn Sonata is more recorded theater than cinema.

Dylan Cassidy

20Oct11

Great performances!

N. C.

21Sep11

Bergman consegue ser maravilhoso até nas histórias mais simples. Claro que Sonata de Outono não tem a complexidade filosófica de Sétimo Selo, Persona ou A Hora do Lobo. Mas o drama é de uma beleza tão tocante. As relações entres pais e filhos sempre mexem comigo. Eu me senti em uma terapia ao assistir Sonata de Outono, e a Liv Ullmann, meu deus, nunca erra! Todos os atores são impecáveis.

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WhatsUpWill

9Aug11

At first you feel the wind pick up, you feel a certain moistness in the air, and while you suspect something, you can't quite predict what's in store. Then the clouds thunder, the wind roars, & before you know it you're caught in a storm. Afterward, you try to pick up the pieces but you're unsure if life will ever be the same. Finally you look up & you see a rainbow in the sky. You smile. There's always another day.

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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi

11Jul11

It's beautiful, the shades of yellow, the disconcerting framing, the distorted and uncomfortable close-ups. I finally understand what makes Bergman's Chamber Dramas so great. They have a raw emotional power to them rarely equaled. However, I've reached a point where I'm beginning to find Bergman's unrelenting pessimism to be quite immature which may have prevented me from enjoying this one fully.

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kyeo

10Jun11

cinema as contraceptive. A hope.

Joaopa

7Jun11

The text, original Bergman's almost a play is perfect (including the Oscar-nominated). Beautiful photography (shades of yellow as it could not be a movie that takes place in autumn). And the interpretations: the stronger film. Watch the scene where mother and daughter are seen at the piano: the amount of emotion on stage, seen only from the expressiveness of the actresses. Impressive...

nurrrit

8Apr11

Me creí todo. En todo momento. La actuación de madre narcisista de Ingrid Bergman es demasiado real y la "química" entre ella y Liv Ullman... no sé, esta película me dejó sin palabras y con muchos escalofríos. Un verdadero narcisista es SIEMPRE incapaz de aceptar su responsabilidad en algo negativo.

Daniel Montiel

4Apr11

En momentos demasiado teatral (Incluso para Ingmar Bergman esos soliloquios de la actriz Ingrid Bergman son demasiado) pero a fin de cuentas como acostumbra ser el trabajo del director, sí una película dolorosa e incisiva. El trabajo en verdes y rojos de Nykvist es adorable. Se me figura la hermana pequeña de Gritos y Susurros.

Border Radio

31Mar11

More depressing Bergman dreck.

KooterBrown

29Mar11

I liked it allright but one of his more forgettable stories and likewise for the characters.

Mayukh Sen

24Mar11

hormonal drearsville. this is probably (ingmar) bergman at his most facile - didactic, overly theatrical, working from a script that manages to simultaneously be drenched in angst and devoid of any finer subtext.

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McNulty

17Dec10

The Dialogue in this film is poetic..... Ingrid Bergman is still beautiful even at that age "GILF!" The English to Swedish transitions were trippy but made sense! Beautiful movie watch it this "Holiday Season" with your own Mother and reveal your true feelings to her the moment the movie ends. And if your Mother is Dead in the Physical form, wait until 2012 because we'll all be united for the next Earth!