82
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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowIn its own quiet, voluptuous way, Rivers and Tides, an unpretentiously brilliant documentary, uses the work of Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy to open up the hidden drama of the natural universe.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannEnchanting documentary that also serves as an animated gallery of Goldsworthy’s uniquely ephemeral art.
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe film would be more informative if it put Goldsworthy into the broader context of modernist art movements. It's visually ravishing from start to finish, though.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIntoxicating and meditative by turns, helped by Fred Frith's minimalist score, this film opens a portal into a singular creative mind.
- 88New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThoughtful and entertaining documentary.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWatching this movie is like daydreaming.
- 83Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldMesmerizing and curiously satisfying idyll that gradually, slyly maneuvers us into a whole new way of looking at the delicate relationship between man, art and Mother Nature.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs the film's images accumulate, the movie becomes a sustained and ultimately refreshing meditation on surrender to the idea of temporality.
- I know of no documentary on a contemporary artist that conveys so much about the artist's work so lyrically and directly.