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While most films are fortunate if they succeed on any level, The Return works easily on several, making as powerful a mark emotionally as it does visually and even allegorically. Yet the film so catches you up in its compelling story, you're almost not aware of how masterful a piece of cinema you're watching.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times

Can be interpreted politically or even biblically or not at all, as the elemental struggles between dominance and submission, impulse and action, man and nature, father and son, play out to their stunning conclusion.Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

A haunting Russian art film with the economy of a thriller.Full Review

Washington Post

At once highly naturalistic and dreamily abstract, playing out its mythic themes through vibrantly detailed characterizations (and remarkable performances by the entire cast). The Return announces the arrival of a major new talent.Full Review

Dave Kehr
The New York Times

A haunting Russian art film with the economy of a thriller.Full Review

Mark Jenkins
Washington Post
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