79
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe Cordillera of Dreams is a beautiful film about nightmares that have yet to end.
- 88Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezFor Patricio Guzmán, to gaze at the Cordillera is to comprehend the range of history and the possibility of its distortion.
- 80CineVueMartyn ConterioCineVueMartyn ConterioThe Cordillera of Dreams is a stirring look at a nation still recovering from the brutalisation meted out by General Pinochet’s callous and paranoid actions, but Guzmán goes further to offer his opinion of the present issues facing the country, specifically neoliberalism’s assault on land, resources and people.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungIn and of itself, it is a mournfully intelligent, poetic documentary that once more seeks to link the vastness, grandeur and indifference of nature with the human horrors that Chileans have lived through. The search for meaning is so personal here (Guzman narrates most of the film in the first person) and so difficult that it is often heart-rending.
- 80VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangTaken as a completed project, Guzmán’s late-career trinity is a stunning achievement in the cinema of the hidden pattern and the startling, unexpected connection.
- 80Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangContemplative, analytical and troubling, this is a nature film refracted through a historical trauma, a compilation of visual wonders that doubles as an act of remembrance.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis is rich and valuable testament to Chilean courage.
- 80Little White LiesMarina AshiotiLittle White LiesMarina AshiotiGuzmán wistfully laments his long absence from his homeland and the circumstances that led him to flee, imbuing his reflections with a tangible sense of mourning.