All We Imagine as Light
critic Reviews
, 100% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Capturing the here and now of modern India with the spontaneity of a candid photograph, All We Imagine as Light is a lustrous achievement that announces Payal Kapadia as an essential filmmaker.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreOdie HendersonBoston Globe
This is a very patient movie, filled with equally patient performances, lyrical camerawork and some stunning images of its characters residing within the frame. Kapadia’s screenplay builds fleshed out characters, even in the supporting roles.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter TraversABC News
In her first fiction feature, documentarian Payal Kapadia brings a poetic profundity to this cinematic spellbinder about female sisterhood in a big city (Mumbai) full of societal, economic and political pressures that can force out intimacy and dreams
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
This film plumbs the extraordinary emotions that hum and throb through ordinary life.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSandra HallSydney Morning Herald
We’re well into the film when Kapadia delivers her biggest surprise, breaking one of conventional screenwriting’s cardinal rules by switching the setting and essentially dividing the film into two halves. What’s more, it works.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBill GoodykoontzArizona Republic
This is a film of moments that stay with you.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTy BurrWashington Post
“All We Imagine as Light” is the kind of movie one experiences in solitude even when sharing it with others. As with dwellers in a great metropolis, it makes strangers and accomplices of us all.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFarah ChededFilm Daze
Settling into All We Imagine As Light‘s warm, generous gaze is easy — it’s leaving it that’s difficult.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFilipe FreitasAlways Good Movies
All We Imagine as Light is a soothing balm amidst the chaotic rhythms of modern Mumbai, offering a gentle meditation on life's complexities.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreFrank SwietekOne Guy's Opinion
Extraordinary for its mixture of harsh realism and ethereal beauty in depicting both the experience of women in India’s modern cities and the religious sectarianism that pervades the society.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLouisa MooreScreen Zealots
This beautifully crafted film offers a fresh perspective on the power of connection, the complexity of relationships, and the unspoken (and unbreakable) bond between women.
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