Darshan - The Embrace (Darshan - L'etreinte) Critic Reviews

Docu's pace will be a little too meditative for many, but the rigorous, sinewy lensing will have Hypnotic power on those so inclined.Read the full review

Filling our heads with pretty pictures and not much else, Darshan: The Embrace is likely to leave audiences enchanted but unenlightened.Read the full review

While Amma's teachings of love, inner peace and Karma, or action, resonate in the film -- obviously, Amma is a woman called to God -- her background remains pretty much a mystery. Less National Geographic and more personal history would have added a dimension to "Darshan."Read the full review

According to several sojourners who speak in the film, Amma is the embodiment of love. And according to her website, it's her religion, too.Read the full review