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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Total FilmJamie GrahamTotal FilmJamie GrahamIt explores two of the filmmaker’s pet themes – the impossibility of true communication, the futility of art – and is set against the Vietnam War. Extraordinary.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPersona is a film we return to over the years, for the beauty of its images and because we hope to understand its mysteries.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonOne of the screen's supreme works and perhaps Ingmar Bergman's finest film, "Persona" is also his most radical in form and technique.
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawPersona is a film to make you shiver with fascination, or incomprehension, or desire.
- 100EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonWonderfully complex but warmly human, Bergman's drama is one of his very best.
- 90Time OutTime OutNot an easy film, but an infinitely rewarding one.
- 90The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasPersona feels like an act of disclosure on Bergman’s part, with him pulling back the curtain to acknowledge the fantasy of filmmaking and global realities that linger in his mind.
- 80The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyBergman blends a theatrical subjectivity—scenes of the inner life that defy physical reality and depend on special effects, whether in the film lab or on set—with a tactile visual intimacy, with his characters, the objects close at hand, and the superb coastal landscape.
- 50Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrIngmar Bergman's best film, I suppose, though it's still fairly tedious and overloaded with avant-garde cliches.