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The White Diamond
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83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Touching, transfixing, unique.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    90
    An inexpressibly beautiful and moving film, even though (or because) it seems to be about someone unimportant doing something irrelevant, perhaps something silly, in the face of insurmountable odds and a world that doesn't care.
  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    90
    Werner Herzog may lack heroes, nowadays, who seem adequate to his fierce capacity for wonder. When occasion demands, however, he can still turn the world upside down.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    88
    One of the year's best documentaries.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    An intoxicating dream of a film that speaks to the daydreamer in all of us.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    80
    Herzog also finds extraordinary beauty in what Dorrington is trying to accomplish: Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his boat, Dorrington wants to float around the natural world in a reverie, and when he finally does, he experiences a connection with Plage that's genuinely transcendent.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    80
    Having emerged from his new German cinema heyday as one of the world's most guileless and original documentary filmmakers, Herzog has slowly been crafting a four-dimensional fresco of the planet, its most human-resistant landscapes, and our dubious dramas in confronting the chaos.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    80
    The film, which includes some breathtakingly beautiful images of the green, wet Guyanese jungle and a monumental waterfall that cuts through it, is driven less by narrative than by ideas and impressions.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Russell Edwards
    80
    Herzog's eye for the weird sometimes makes the docu feel strained, but engaging characters imbue the pic with depth and emotional appeal.
  10. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Although The White Diamond is entire of itself, it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog's work. Here is one of the most inquisitive filmmakers alive, a man who will go to incredible lengths to film people living at the extremes.
  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    70
    This 2004 video documentary by Werner Herzog arrives in town while his hair-raising "Grizzly Man" is still playing, and it's a fascinating companion piece even though his manipulations are more obvious.
  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    63
    Magnificent shots of waterfalls and other natural phenomena abound, but it's far too late in the history of nature photography to expect anyone to gawk at them.
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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JoeK.
    10
    Another glimpse of the ecstatic truth from just about the greatest man to ever live...Werner Herzog. I mean that. How else to describe someone whose work thrills me so. Enjoy. Long live Red Man!… Full Review »
  2. KenL
    4
    I have long been a Herzog fan, but he lost me with this dull, meaningless documentary about....about..hmmm what was it about?
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