A monumental senseless circus that only its creator comprehends, Alejandro Jodorowsky has never done cinema for anyone else but himself. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 12, 2022

'Dance of Reality' has its moments of pure Jodorowsky. It will be up to each viewer to decide if that sentence is praise or pejorative.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 3, 2021

In this dream we called life, Jodorowsky is dreaming us, us playing part as audience. Who's dreaming Jodorowsky the filmmaker? Cinephiles of course. The Dance of Reality is his much softer, lyrical contemplation of life.

| Feb 22, 2021

Taken on its own merits, it is a thunderously weird and wonderful movie, filled with scenes and images that won't leave you anytime soon.

| Jul 24, 2019

The Dance of Reality may suffer from some indulgences, but one can't really blame Jodorowsky for indulging after such a long absence.

| Original Score: 7.3/10 | Jun 19, 2019

This man hasn't made a film in 23 years, and he's still flawless.

| Jan 5, 2019

... an unexpected and appealing comeback.

| Aug 31, 2018

A mixed bag, albeit an intensely colorful and at times wildly inventive one.

| Aug 31, 2018

The Dance of Reality is a wild ride and unlikely to bring Jodorowsky to the mainstream, although it is more disciplined than any of his previous films. But it is rich, warm and wonderful, and certainly a fine entry point into his oeuvre. Do see this.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2017

There's no one quite like Alejandro Jodorowsky.

| Aug 22, 2017

This is the work of someone coming to terms with their past, transmuting the traumas of childhood into the building blocks of adult awareness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2015

It won't be to all tastes (graphic nudity, full-frontal urination) and is more hallucinatory memory book than straight autobiography, but what a journey it is.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2015

At first the film seems overly stagey, and those with little time for circus acts may find it irritating, but when Jodorowsky hits his surreal stride.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2015

You may not know what to think of it, but you'll be glad that it exists.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 20, 2015

The Dance of Reality is a surprisingly moving, emotionally satisfying experience, which twirls you round in a warm, confident embrace, making sure to toss in plenty of its director's signature madcap moves.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2015

It had a few El Topo moments I could dig, but mostly tested my patience in dealing with Jodorowsky's at times tiresome self-indulgent art.

| Original Score: B | Dec 24, 2014

It is absolutely crazy -- but it's the good kind of crazy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2014

This probably isn't an ideal starting point for a Jodorowsky novice, but fans of the Fellini brand of self-referential biography cinema may find it appealing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2014

The filmmaker makes peace with his difficult youth by accepting that every life is filled with both darkness and light.

| Dec 8, 2014

The crisp digital has nothing on the bold primary colors of his best work -- but the shape-shifting narrative has a lazy Sunday movie watching charm.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2014