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The New York Times by Andy Webster
The Vessel is a modest, but not maudlin, parable of hope about mustering the strength to vigorously plunge again into life’s uncertainties after a devastating loss.
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As powerfully felt and gorgeously realized as anything one may see on screen this year.
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San Francisco Chronicle by David Lewis
Quintana brings a stunning visual flair to his film, and Sheen has a fine moment when he ponders the thin line between miracles and tragedies. But we keep waiting for the film to wash over us, and it never quite does.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Filmed in a gorgeous, dreamlike style and Infused with heavy doses of mysticism and allegory, The Vessel is an impressive effort that loses some of its impact, however, for being so derivative.
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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
It’s a strange brew: stark yet beautiful, urgent yet dreamlike.
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Cuban-American writer-director Julio Quintana’s feature debut has an understated formal loveliness that helps offset its more heavy-handed allegorical inclinations.
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Quintana's emphasis on Jungian dream logic gives his otherwise spartan parable a compelling mythic dimension. The Vessel may bring Malick to mind, but it also feels like a major work by an exciting new talent.
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Austin Chronicle by Steve Davis
The Vessel speaks eloquently. It’s a testament to the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.