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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 03 Jun 2015

Given its leitmotif of falcons in flight, one might expect a more soaring entrance, but the film's obtuse plotting grounds any such description…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 03 Jun 2015

Aloft has a few serene and gut-wrenching moments, especially when Peruvian director Claudia Llosa tones down her visual poetry to focus on…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 03 Jun 2015

I'd call Aloft a slog, but it's not that enjoyable…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 01 Jun 2015

New Age niceties are strewn about the landscape, and lovely images clash to pretentious, oft-elliptical affect…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 27 May 2015

What makes Aloft better than dismissible is that it’s a sincere failure, not a cynical one, and the cinematography is arresting…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 25 May 2015

At times one feels there's an interesting film here struggling to break free (free as a bird…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for TheWrap (3,203) on 21 May 2015

Adrift is a more fitting title for this unmoored and glacially paced star vehicle, which prizes exasperating inscrutability over effective…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 21 May 2015

I found myself often enraptured by this sad little story…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Nerd Report (100) on 21 May 2015

The faith healing falconer with mommy issues movie of the year…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 20 May 2015

For all its brooding atmosphere and visual poeticism, the film offers a perspective on the lives of its characters that feels narrow and superficial…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 May 2015

Like a car mirror warning that objects may be closer than they appear, director Claudia Llosa's chilly New Age drama gives off a deceptive…

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By Katherine Pushkar (43) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 20 May 2015

Deep — deep! — in this impenetrable block of ice is an actual, OK story. But the patience it takes to get to it…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 20 May 2015

It's more a sensual experience than a narrative, and while the dystopian prophecy boasts a concrete plot -- or two -- Llosa has loftier ambitions…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 20 May 2015

There are reasons why everyone on screen looks as unhappy as they do, but Llosa puts viewers in a place where they can’t understand precisely…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 19 May 2015

Aloft is less like a story than a dream, populated with gorgeous people and symbolism you can interpret any way you like…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 19 May 2015

The falcon metaphor is clumsy and ill-defined, and Aloft is never much more than a lovely, dull cheat…

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By Michael Nordine (446) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 May 2015

The writer-director's ideas about our connection to the land and the many other animals roaming it may well be profound, but they're buried…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 03 May 2015

There's no shying away from the fact that the New Age, twig-built mumbo-jumbo peddled here is no match from the otherworldly ancient belief…

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By Jesse Cataldo (136) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Apr 2015

The film's images, so continually heartrending so as to never become redundant, effectively function as visual proselytizing…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 17 Feb 2014

Aloft stirs nothing within you, not emotionally, not provocatively…

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