Searching for Ingmar Bergman's reviews
Media reviews
New York Times
Enthusing over an effect Bergman used in his great 1983 ?Fanny and Alexander,? the director Olivier Assayas concludes, ?Art defines truth.? Just about every minute of this movie shows how that?s true.
Variety
It?s an investigation in the form of a highly personalized meditation.
Rolling Stone
The verb in the title is not superfluous. If this movie resembles anything, it?s "Citizen Kane" ? structure-wise, if not remotely aesthetically.
The Wrap
With so many documentaries on Bergman already in existence, that von Trotta has made her own uniquely inviting tour of his triumphs, anguishes, and longstanding themes ? in essence a roomy portrait of the artist as an engaged, fallible searcher.
Los Angeles Times
A chatty and enjoyable but decidedly nondefinitive look at one of the cinema?s most acclaimed, influential auteurs.
Roger Ebert
An engaging and accessible look at one of the most important figures in cinema.
The Hollywood Reporter
Reasonably engaging as far as it goes, Searching for Ingmar Bergman evinces great appreciation for the writer-director's legacy and offers the testimonies of numerous eminent enthusiasts, but it leaves a good deal to be desired.
The A.V. Club
Ultimately, the search here isn?t so much for Bergman as it is for a thesis and conclusion. Those who know nothing about the subject will learn a little. Those who know a lot will learn very little.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote