The Wild Blue Yonder (2006) Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 4 Critic Reviews
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The Hollywood Reporter | Ray BennettAdd Critic to Favorites

Herzog's strangely beautiful film has marvelous music and hypnotic imagery. A documentary for stoners and people who are that way naturally, it is a cautionary tale for wishful thinkers.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

There is pleasure in such useless beauty, of course, and pleasure too in drifting with the jellyfish amid the wild blue yonder of a great filmmaker’s imagination.Read the full review

Variety | Leslie FelperinAdd Critic to Favorites

Should stand with the likes of "Fata Morgana" and "Lessons of Darkness" as one of helmer's best efforts at smudging the lines between docu and fiction.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

The Wild Blue Yonder has a small message to deliver about the importance of ecological conservation, but mostly, it's an excuse to cut together mesmerizing undersea and outer-space photography while a hypnotic soundtrack drones on.Read the full review

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