“The movie’s religious curiosity is its hallmark.”
“… takes the whiff of an idea and fails to creatively or coherently imagine it in any way.”
“Time takes on a different tenor in Train Dreams . . .”
“What wins out: the wit or the wonkiness?”
“… where del Toro’s gothic instincts flower into full-blown Romanticism.”
“The filmmaking is hypnotic…”
“The Substance by way of the Brothers Grimm.”
“Seyfried has the big eyes of belief and brings a level of tremulous conviction to match.”
“A great conceit meets adequate execution…”
“The cinematography by Claire Mathon is stunning…”
“… a close-up portrait of the irrational xenophobia that has gripped much of American society and politics in recent years.”
