1. So beautiful, you'll almost be distracted from the lack of action.
2. Smart, observant and sad.
3. Long on melancholy and short on dramatic texture.
4. A sublime treat for anyone with a taste for subtly rendered, almost purely cinematic expression.
5. A Chekhovian tale of major artistic power.
6. The film takes place in Turkey, but its dynamic could be transplanted anywhere -- maybe to our own families.
7. The question for many viewers will be whether this skillful exposition of urban alienation offers sufficient new insight...to justify a bleak and utterly joyless two hours.
8. Ozdemir and Toprak, the director's cousin, shared the Best Actor Award at Cannes, and are equally superb.
9. Turkish minimalist tale about frustrated hopes
10. A doleful Turkish masterpiece.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?
Hauntingly beautiful, Distant communicates volumes with its almost pervasive silence.