Guy Scarpetta Positif May 3, 2022

More than a film adaptation of Proust, a cinematographically Proustian film.

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Jason Best Movie Talk Nov 23, 2020

Ruiz's surreal, allusive approach weaves together more of the novel's themes and plot strands than you would have thought possible. For those not expecting a straightforward, linear narrative, Time Regained is as delicious as a Madeleine dipped in tea.

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Charles Mudede The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jul 5, 2018

The best moment in the film is not in fact from Time Regained, but is the best moment in my favorite of the books, volume five, The Captive.

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Adrian Martin MUBI Jun 8, 2018

...he envisaged Proustian time not as a private sensation, but as a fully external, physical and objective "dimension"...This is what makes his Time Regained both hallucinatory and concrete, wayward and exact.

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Jan 7, 2010 2.5/4

The stream-of-consciousness structure effectively captures a mind lost in thought; what it doesn't effectively create, however, is drama.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Oct 3, 2007 2/5

Glacial.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Jul 24, 2006 C

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 18, 2005 4/5

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Robert W. Butler Kansas City Star Jun 3, 2005

A crashing bore.

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Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks Aug 30, 2004 4/5

Moody, opulent, and just decadent enough, Ruiz's film is elegant all over and perverse around the edges, just as it should be.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Oct 25, 2002 3.5/4

Inventive and astounding.

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Jason Anderson eye WEEKLY Apr 10, 2001 5/5

A film that captures the richness of Proust's writing and the peculiarity of his sensibility through an array of unlikely imagery and staging techniques.

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Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Mar 31, 2001

The best way to experience Time Regained is to let each vignette become an oar for rowing across the sea of Proust's memories.

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Sean Axmaker Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mar 28, 2001 A+

Ruiz gracefully weaves through flashbacks triggered by sights, sounds, and thoughts, effortlessly ricocheting from remembrance to remembrance.

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Rob Blackwelder SPLICEDWire Jan 1, 2000 5/10

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Russell Smith Austin Chronicle Jan 1, 2000 4.5/5

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Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews Jan 1, 2000 4/10

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000 3.5/4

Time Regained does not tell a story, and you will be disappointed if you go looking for one... It is not about memories but memory. Yours, mine, Proust's. Memory makes us human.

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Arthur Lazere culturevulture.net Jan 1, 2000

a beautiful, moody dream-piece

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Jeremiah Kipp Filmcritic.com Jan 1, 2000 4/5

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