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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittLike most of Sokurov's movies, this oblique parable is mysterious, elliptical, irresistible.
- 80The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasLess a story than a situation, the film contends with a difficult transitional period in the lives of its title characters, who face the growing necessity of getting some distance from each other.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensLike a dream within a dream. Its images and emotions are vivid, disquieting and also hermetic, and while it may frustrate your desire for clear storytelling and psychological transparency, it has an intensity that surpasses understanding.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoBy the time the final shot arrives -- a rooftop panorama in the falling snow -- we don't know much about any of the people we've just encountered. But we have been treated to a feast for the eyes.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanBorders on the risible but, because Sokurov is Sokurov, this exalted, wacky scenario--which uses Lisbon as an imaginary Russian seaport--is amazingly staged, inventively edited, and rich in audio layering, with camera placements that sometimes verge on the Brakhagian.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxHypnotic film.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyFor Sokurov, the relationship between a father and a son surpasses physical, even human intimacy -- it’s something approaching the sacred.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNothing much happens by way of plot in the course of Father and Son, but it offers a fresh and often startling vision of one of the most fundamental relationships between human beings.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSokurov's new companion piece (to "Mother and Son"), has the tedium without the trance.
- 30VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungIrritatingly devoid of irony, the film has an unintentional but unmistakable homoerotic subtext.