100
San Francisco Examiner by G. Allen Johnson
Ruiz has made the most ambitious adaptation of a Proust work yet.
Time Regained (Le Temps Retrouvé)
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- France,
- Italy,
- Portugal
- 1999
- · 169m
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Cast
Catherine Deneuve,
Emmanuelle Béart,
Vincent Perez,
John Malkovich,
Pascal Greggory,
Marcello Mazzarella
Genre
Drama
Beginning in 1922 on his deathbed, Marcel Proust's memories are paralleled with the final volume of his novel as fiction begins to overwhelm his reality. From recollections of his childhood, his lovers, and the Great War, Proust's memory lane proves to be an infinitely complex labyrinth.
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What are critics saying?
100
Boston Globe by Jay Carr
You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of works in any given year to which one is moved to apply the word ''masterpiece.'' Raul Ruiz's Time Regained is one of them.
100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
Densely layered, demanding and beautiful, Ruiz has found the perfect venue for his passions and created the most cinematically breathtaking film of the new millennium.
91
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
Once you lose yourself in Ruiz's stunning achievement -- a wonderfully acted, beautifully realized vision of Proust -- you'll be enchanted.
90
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A mesmerizing, shimmering and amazingly successful adaptation of Time Regained.
90
Film.com by Ernest Hardy
A gorgeous dreamscape of a movie...one of the most exhilarating experiences of pure cinema that will be offered this year.
90
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
A lot more imaginative and entertaining than one might have thought possible, a feast for the eye and mind.
90
Time by Richard Corliss
This is a serious filmgoer's treat: intelligence cloaked in elegance.
88
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
It is not about memories but memory. Yours, mine, Proust's. Memory makes us human.
80
L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor
Comes as close as perhaps any film has gotten to approximating the inner life of an artist.
80
Village Voice by J. Hoberman
The daring of the conception is matched only by the brilliance of the execution.
75
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
A long sit for those unfamiliar with Proust's literary quest and output, but the view is sensational.
70
Dallas Observer by Andy Klein
The film's demands may be too perplexing.
63
Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
Those not familiar with Proust will doubtless feel lost. Unlike the printed word, film does not offer the chance to pause and reflect, or go back and re-read a passage.
50
Miami Herald by Sara Wildberger
Time Regained is not really worth the time it takes to see it.
20
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
It's the sort of movie that can make normally well-read and intelligent viewers feel stupid.
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