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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumExquisitely structured, pitiless study of a middle-aged man trapped in a stagnant emotional weather pattern.
- 83The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThough Climates lacks "Distant's" haunted, poetic melancholy, it has a vivid, sensual texture that's unmistakably Ceylan's. He's one of those rare directors who doesn't need a credit for identification.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA terrific movie in the Antonioni tradition, Climates confirms 47-year-old Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan as one of the world's most accomplished filmmakers--handling the end of a relationship and the cloud of human confusion rising from its wreckage as if the subject had never before been attempted.
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThis film paints a haunting portrait of existential solitude, one in which the images speak louder and often more forcefully than do any of the words.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoAs with "Distant," the dialogue is minimal, the takes are long, the narrative is laconic (too much so for many viewers, I imagine) and the cinematography is painterly.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirContrary to what you may read elsewhere, Climates is not a masterpiece, a word that gets pompously thrown around a lot at pictures few paying customers actually want to see. It is, rather, a meticulous study of a crumbling relationship, marked by many luminous small moments and a startling interruption of violent eroticism.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsLike Ceylan's earlier films, Climates is as gorgeous as it is self-consciously composed, but an hour and 40 minutes is a long time to spend with Isa, forget three seasons.
- 60VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyImmaculately shot and composed as always, and moving at Ceylan's usual measured pace, this one is slightly enlivened by more likable perfs and a trim 98-minute running time.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterUnder Ceylan's dull direction and the equally leaden editing, technical contributions are lackluster and straight-forward. Similar to the script, they only serve to distend an undernourished central story.
- 50PremiereAaron HillisPremiereAaron HillisTechnically, it rewards with nothing less than painterly cinematography and a seamless surge of organic soundscapes, but the story is entirely predicated on a weather metaphor so obvious that even an unplugged Doppler radar could detect it.