World class...

Stunningly magical, even more magical for us Anatolians.

Definitely an absolutely stunning movie visually. The night scenes are beautiful and so well lit, the day time shots are equally as wonderful. I like the ending, and the performances by everyone are all great. Also; the script is solid. But then at the same time, I have to side with people who say it could be half an hour or so shorter. I suppose maybe it's the point but it gets a little too mundane at times. Still great, though, could have been a 95.

ercan kesal'in oyunculugu, oyunculukta bir $ahika. dogal ve abartisiz oyunculukta gelinen son nokta. oyle boyle degil. agzim ve gozlerim acik izledim. diger yandan filmde seslendirme sorunu var. sene olmus 2012. ayip artik.

After all the great reviews i gave Nuri Bilge Ceylan another shot but no, i just cant stand it, i onlu could survive till the 63rd minute... unnecessary dialogues, long pauses...

Now, I have no problem with films that are all talk and no action, I managed to remain interested for the entire three hours of 'Dogville', but for something like that to work you have to have interesting characters, a decent script and an engrossing story, none of which Anatolia has. The dialogue is dire, the humor is awkward, the plot is ridiculously stretched out and the entire thing is just overly long and never interesting. It is, however, very beautiful and has an inspired visual style.

Perhaps there's not really a message here, just the story of what happened "once upon a time in Anatolia": a group of officials and a murderer, searching for the murderer's victim in the Turkish countryside. With patience, a keen eye, and a sense of dark humor, Nuri Bilge Ceylan shows the events of a night and day with absorbing clarity, aided by stunning cinematography and top-notch acting (especially Taner Birsel as the haunted prosecutor). A deliberately-paced but endlessly fascinating film.

So real.. so natural.. I could just be there in the back seat of the car, or the guy in the next table in village chiefs house, or a patient in the hospital, I could be overhearing those conversations in real life. It could only be as natural as this. Great visuals, great acting, an effortless self flowing script, two and a half hours of character discovery, a unique movie experience.

oyunculuklar ve yonetmenlige(buyuk olcude) diyecek yok. filmin ikinci yarisini gereksiz uzun buldum. seslendirmede sikinti var. filmin ilk yarisina gecersek; goruntuler ve atmosfer harikaydi. hikaye olarak her zaman oldugu gibi yine basarisiz buldum nbc'yi. tamam bir c. nolan hikayesi beklemiyorum ama bu kadar da yariticiliktan yoksun olunmaz. su hikaye olayina cozum gelirse cok acayip isler cikar diye dusunuyorum. (hikaye biraz tutsun lan cok bir sey istemiyoz)

Beautifully shot and lighted. Simple everyday things look stunning on screen. A different take on a police investigation. Was a bit long winded in parts but i really need to view it again.

I don't know if this is a good word to describe this film, but 'literate' comes to mind when I think about it. It's is like a good novel - deep and carefully drawn out characters, very vivid setting and complex story. But like with novels, good writing is not enough for me to truly appreciate it. I'm looking for something that would resonate with me, and I didn't find that here. To make things worse I feel that subtleties of this complex story were lost in translation and cultural difference.

Superb. Wonderful framing, lighting and naturalistic sound; the pacing feels like realtime and yet the film is exquisitely constructed - I felt that a master was at work here. And the acting is of the highest calibre: so subtle that a muscle movement in the face, a twitch, a posture at times portrays a character's devastation.

hype. something is lacking here.

how can a foreigner understand this film totally? they cannot. Epic!

"Nuri Bilge Ceylan has to be the least kinetic of working filmmakers--and not simply in the sense of static camerawork or lack of narrative momentum." - Andrew Schenker

Turkiye'yi ozledim.

This movie consolidates Ceylan in my eyes as one of the best filmmakers working today. It is gorgeously shot, wonderfully acted and fascinating to watch, despite how slow the plot is to unravel. It is written with the subtlety and level of detail of a great novel. You come out of it feeling that your intelligence and sensitivity have been given the utmost credit, that a richly meaningful slice of life was presented to you, but not interpreted; you were allowed to figure it out on your own.

Ceylan tells a story with pictures and a great deal of silence, and does it masterfully.

Bravura filmmaking. Space and time are treated with equal regard, in that neither contributes to the film's essence, which in many ways reflects our incomprehension of today's violence and hatred. Embedded with a few surrealistic touches that lend the film an air of mystery and discovery, Ceylan also excels at sustaining the same level of restrained intensity for 150 minutes while richly rewarding your patience. Brilliantly directed.