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Days of Heaven (re-release)

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Days of Heaven (re-release) reviews
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9.6 User Score:

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)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

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)

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100

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)

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100

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)

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100

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)

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100

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

It's Malick's best.

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100

Chicago Reader Dave Kehr

The result is a film that hovers just beyond our grasp--mysterious, beautiful, and, very possibly, a masterpiece.

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90

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)

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80

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Almost incontestably the most gorgeously photographed film ever made.

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63

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)

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 8 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.

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