New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri

I found myself often enraptured by this sad little story. Its weird narrative of faith healing serves as an intriguing diversion from the real matter at hand — the notion that grace lies in the search for help, rather than the finding of it.

The Playlist by Jessica Kiang

Aloft and its icy landscapes and feel of gently dropping barometric pressure can only distract so far from what is essentially an overwrought melodrama that here and there tips over into heavy-handedness despite the restrained beauty of its images.

Variety by Peter Debruge

In the end, everything fits together rather ingeniously, though it’s clear that in orchestrating her needlessly complicated nonlinear narrative, Llosa has mistaken confusion for suspense.

Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

The characters in Aloft seem to float over their strong passions, like birds riding on columns of air, without ever alighting. I kept waiting for the sharp sting of a talon to take hold of my heart, but it never came.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Bleak and painfully earnest.

Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan

Aloft reminded me of the work of another Latin American filmmaker, Alejandro González Iñárritu, who made somber, constipated dramas such as "Babel" and "Biutiful" before loosening up and conjuring the lunatic profundity of "Birdman." Llosa has the intelligence and directing chops — Aloft looks fantastic — to do wonders, but she should take a cue from him and warm up by just chilling out.

Village Voice by Michael Nordine

The writer-director's ideas about our connection to the land and the many other animals roaming it may well be profound, but they're buried under layers of superfluous storytelling devices. A better title would have been Adrift.

The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton

Strip away its gorgeous wintry landscapes and we are left with a symphony of ponderous New Age mumbo-jumbo masquerading as philosophical wisdom.

New York Daily News by Katherine Pushkar

Deep — deep! — in this impenetrable block of ice is an actual, OK story. But the patience it takes to get to it? The return on investment just isn’t there.

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

For all its brooding atmosphere and visual poeticism, the film offers a perspective on the lives of its characters that feels narrow and superficial.

New York Post by Sara Stewart

Aloft is less like a story than a dream, populated with gorgeous people and symbolism you can interpret any way you like.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

The falcon metaphor is clumsy and ill-defined, and Aloft is never much more than a lovely, dull cheat.

Slant Magazine by Jesse Cataldo

The film's images, so continually heartrending so as to never become redundant, effectively function as visual proselytizing.

The A.V. Club by A.A. Dowd

What’s really been withheld, in this dreary drag of a movie, is a reason to care.

The Dissolve by Scott Tobias

There are reasons why everyone on screen looks as unhappy as they do, but Llosa puts viewers in a place where they can’t understand precisely why, so the only choice is to sit there marinating in misery and boredom.

CineVue by Daniel Green

Llosa shoots for the stars with her oblique pseudo-think piece, but unfortunately ends up dragging her latest offering down to the bottom of the coldest, darkest abyss of cod spirituality imaginable.