Critic Reviews
Return, The (2004) Rank 3 Reviews
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Variety (Deborah Young)
Constructed like an eerie, metaphorical thriller, this tense, riveting character study offers viewers nearly two hours of emotions with a stunning pay-off no one will be expecting. ...read the complete Return movie review at Variety (Deborah Young)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
In its dramatic shift from the real to the allegorical, the ending of Andrey Zvyagintsev's auspicious debut feature The Return is likely to leave many viewers scratching their heads. ...read the complete Return movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Empire (David Hughes)
Garin’s performance is just one of the note-perfect elements in The Return -- unfussy acting, unhurried direction, sublime cinematography and low-key music -- which conspire to draw the audience into a deceptively simple story with numerous hidden ...read the complete Return movie review at Empire (David Hughes)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It is a Kafkaesque story, in which ominous things follow one another with a certain internal logic but make no sense at all. ...read the complete Return movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Primordial and laconic, this remarkably assured debut feature has the elegant simplicity of its title. ...read the complete Return movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Actor-turned-director Andrey Zvyagintsev's feature debut is haunted by an elusive past and suffused with dread about the future, and it's all suggestion without explanation. ...read the complete Return movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Oh, it's The Return, all right. To any masochist who's been pining for all those clichéd tropes associated with Russian cinema -- ponderous pacing and arcane symbolism shot through a lens darkly -- this will seem a welcome blast from the past. ...read the complete Return movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
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