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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 Lourdes T (8) on 18 May 2015

Although the film is set in the modern word it's steeped in mysticism and superstition. It gives the film a post-apocalyptic feel…

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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 Mikael K (415) on 26 Aug 2014

Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa's third full-length feature delves into themes of sorrow, guilt and spirituality with cool lyricism…

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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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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Feb 2014

Aloft and its icy landscapes and feel of gently dropping barometric pressure can only distract so far from what is essentially an overwrought…

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