79
Metascore
22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrQuiet, powerful, contemplative, respectful of stillness, Eureka is the first film this year in which there is obvious greatness.
- 88New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWrenching performances and painstaking visual and thematic compositions.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSlow -- sometimes maddeningly, soporifically so.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternEureka demands active attention, but rewards it with emotional resonance, thematic complexity and a succession of images that take up permanent residence in our brains.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanA work that demands patience, and it will easily exasperate some moviegoers.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonNever feels inflated -- and it builds to an ending of unusual power.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Andy KleinNew Times (L.A.)Andy KleinEureka is, quite extraordinarily, never dull.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerHis (Aoyama) existential odyssey is so attenuated and aloof that he turns suffering into an art thing.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirYou may find yourself spellbound or colossally irritated; it's a close call either way.