Reviews for this film from our members:
- Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Indulgent, Felliniesque, funny, sad, philosophical, political, religious and some might even say incestuous, Jodorowsky’s latest features the filmmaker as the compassionate guardian of his 8 year-old self
- [New – 10/9/14] | Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: La danza de la realidad peculiar y personal lo es mucho, y de vez en cuando tiene grandes ideas y momentos, pero el conjunto es demasiado caprichoso y disperso.
- [New – 8/28/14] | Mathieu Li-Goyette @ Panorama-cinéma [French]
- [New – 10/9/14] | Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: The hallucinogenic excesses of 1970’s ‘El Topo’ and 1973’s ‘The Holy Mountain’ have been replaced with a mellower style that suggests Jodorowsky has moved away from the testicular filmmaking of his youth, and closer to the intellectual playfulness of late Buñuel or Ruiz. This new, wiser Jodorowsky is wistful, less willfully obscure, and, most importantly, much funnier…
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Hopefully, “The Dance of Reality” will usher in more films from a brave filmmaker whose imagination, inspiration, and execution is pure.
