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Days of Heaven (re-release)

Universal acclaim
Based on 9 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Classic | Drama
Written by: Terrence Malick
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 14, 2006
DVD: March 30, 1999
Running Time: 95 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG
Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke, Jackie Shultis, Stuart Margolin, and Timothy Scott
One of the most critically acclaimed films of all time, Days Of Heaven is a moving story about two men who love the same woman. Richard Gere, a fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan (Shepard) for the love of Abby (Adams). Writer/director Malick's film is an extraordinary cinematic achievement of sight and sound. (Paramount Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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Austin Chronicle Robert Faires
Some movies are like Dorothy's twister; they just pick you up and whisk you away from the commonplace world you know to a world wondrous and astonishing. Days of Heaven is such a movie. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Above all one of the most beautiful films ever made. Malick's purpose is not to tell a story of melodrama, but one of loss. His tone is elegiac. He evokes the loneliness and beauty of the limitless Texas prairie. (Review of December 7, 1997)
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not credited)
The sound alone is astonishing. Morricone's haunting, wistful score adds measurably to the sweep and timelessness of the film. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >Variety Staff (Not credited)
A dramatically moving and technically breathtaking American art film, one of the great cinematic achievements of the 1970s. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
The result is a film that hovers just beyond our grasp--mysterious, beautiful, and, very possibly, a masterpiece.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
As haunting as its vision of a crystal glass dropped into moonlit water. It lives up to its title. (Reviewed in 1999)
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Almost incontestably the most gorgeously photographed film ever made.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The film has too much surface beauty not to earn it a recommendation, but Days of Heaven satisfies only on a sensory level. (Review of Original Release)
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a9:
Poetic, lyrical, langorous masterpiece. Some flaws yet it will stay with you long afterward. The cinematography and score are both peerless; yet the print shown at Film Forum was oddly a bit washed out and the volume was down too low.
Ali C. gave it a10:
Like all of Malick's films, this is pure genius. Utterly beautiful with a sad love story at its heart. It does take patience but that doesn't mean it's slow, we're just used to less thoughtful and more shallow films nowadays. Oh, and the music is wonderful too.
