Aparajito

  • 1956


MOVIE IS sensitive tremendous explicit lengthening unsentimental
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Positive Reviews 14
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 4.3/5
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5.0
The great, sad, gentle sweep of The Apu Trilogy remains in the mind of the moviegoer as a promise of what film can be. Rogerebert
5.0
Its a journey that modern, post British Raj India required of educated young men, and one that Indian families still struggle to understand. San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
3.0
Though grounded in its particular time and locale, the film suggests the importance of education and ho art can be created and survive the most dire a .. Emanuellevy
4.5
It doesnt have quite the tension or quite the variety of mood but it has a special brooding quality and a more explicit conflict between East and West .. Variety
5.0
She takes three of the central strands of motherhood joy, longing and sadness and manages to weave them together in almost every scene. Larsen On Film
4.5
Rays relaxed, open style had a tremendous influence on the film world of 1956, but time has absorbed some of its originality. Chicago Reader
4.5
Its a masterpiece for which terms like simplicity and profundity seem inadequate. Chicago Reader
4.5
Ray is a masterful storyteller, whose slow pace is too much for some, but rewards those willing to be drawn into his world. Film4
5.0
Together, they heralded the arrival of one of the great humanist directors of modern cinema, and for decades these films represented classic East Indi .. Stream On Demand At Home
0.0
If Aparajito falls somewhat short of its goal, it nevertheless discloses a lengthening talent, and one refreshingly free from specialization. OutWeek
4.4
As it was in Pather Panchali, the acting is sensitive, restrained and convincing. Cincinnati Enquirer
2.0
each tightly constructed story flows naturally like the Ganges River without artificial contrivances Old School Reviews
3.5
...Aparajito...drew criticism for its refusal to create an idealized mother son relationship. Playback:stl
4.0
Aparajito (aka The Unvanquished) is both grander in scale (it moves back and forth from seaside tenements to country estates to a university in Calcut .. Dare Daniel
5.0
It is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, .. Nytimes



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