100
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Visually ravishing -- an exquisite movie.
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90
The New York Times by Elvis Mitchell
The purity and breadth of this meticulous study are all the more gratifying in view of its unprepossessing style.
38
To paraphrase that old quip about slow-paced art films, it literally is watching paint dry.
80
More analytical than contemplative, never less than straightforward, Dream of Light makes no showy bid for the sublime.
100
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Gorgeous, fascinating and surprisingly suspenseful.
70
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Like the painter, it's painstakingly serious about what it's up to.
80
An enthusiastic recommendation.
91
Mr. Showbiz by Michael Atkinson
For the discouraged filmgoer, Erice's tone poem will be a ray of hope itself.
100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
It's a rich work, lush and lovely and bustling with activity but paced at a contemplative stroll, like a time lapse recording in first gear.