Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl

Stick with it. There are shocking acts that rupture the stillness, and then there’s one of cinema’s great endings,

LarsenOnFilm by Josh Larsen

Nostalghia is further evidence that Andrei Tarkovsky might not be a filmmaker, but a sorcerer.

Slant Magazine

Perhaps Tarkovsky’s most opaque film, Nostalghia is nonetheless one of his most personal.

Time Out

Tarkovsky remains as much a metaphysician as anything else, and Nostalgia isn't an entertainment but an article of faith.

Empire by David Parkinson

A hauntingly beautiful film.

TV Guide Magazine

A meditative film by visionary Soviet filmmaker Tarkovsky that lures viewers into its mysterious, mystical world and completely envelops them for a two-hour stretch.

The Dissolve by Scott Tobias

Much of the film is difficult to understand—as with many poems, its meanings are so personal that they’re often cryptic—but Gorchakov’s (and Tarkovsky’s) displacement comes through powerfully in lonely rooms and in tracking shots that give the impression of a soul adrift.

Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr

It aims for a hushed, hypnotic, incantatory effect, and it does succeed in inducing some kind of trance.

The New York Times by Vincent Canby

Loveliness, I'm afraid, is really what this movie is all about.