The film requires an investment from audiences that it more than repays.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 3, 2018

One of the finest filns of the year and absolutely worthy of many repeated viewings.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 3, 2018

One sequence, soundtracked almost entirely by rainfall, is an exquisite metaphorical display of emotional tumult.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 3, 2018

Reygadas communicates in a superbly controlled cinematic idiom and conjures up a hypnotic address to the viewer.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 3, 2018

Hypnotic, so real-yet-otherworldly, that the filmgoer has a virtual out-of-body experience.

| Dec 3, 2018

Beautiful but boring.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 3, 2018

The spectacle of watching these strange blonde-haired characters set against the lush backdrop of Mexico is both startling and engaging.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 3, 2018

If Reygadas has ever subscribed to Bresson's philosophy of narrative structure, it's here in Silent Light, with its grueling emotional escalation leading up to a peak of exquisite release.

| Mar 20, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: C | Sep 7, 2011

One of the most shocking, unexpected and daring finales in a long while.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 29, 2010