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06/15/07
The Wild Blue Yonder: A Science Fiction Fantasy (2006)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:23
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Theatrical Release:15-06-2007
Synopsis: The film follows a hypothetical proposition: a group of astronauts are circling the earth in a spacecraft, but they cannot return, as our planet has become uninhabitable. The cause of this remains... [More]
Reviews for The Wild Blue Yonder: A Science Fiction Fantasy
A scientific context is offered by interviews with researchers expounding modes of intergalactic travel, but the real pleasures are in the organic beauty of deep spaces and the ambiguous position of the humans suspended in them.
06/14/07
Top CriticSci-fi nuts, stoners and conspiracy theorists might get a kick out of this. But even Herzog fans will find this mix of found footage and Kinski-lite diatribe as frustrating as it's fascinating.
06/15/07
Top CriticAn unlikely combination, but then Herzog never ceases to surprise and here, despite some dull patches, does so with an off-centre film of an almost dreamlike quality.
06/15/07
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06/15/07
Top CriticThis is just further proof that Herzog can make a film about anything, and indeed, from anything.
06/15/07
Top CriticIt’s a long, strange trip, alternately banal and visionary.
06/15/07
Despite the film's playful humour, there's also a deadly seriousness to The Wild Blue Yonder, for it shows man's insignificance faced with the sheer vastness of nature.
06/15/07
Top CriticIt’s not helped by a watery soundtrack that sounds like chill-out trance played on a nose flute.
06/15/07
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01/02/07
Not a major Herzog work or one that will draw a large audience, but a must-see for those who suspect (as I do) that he's one of the greatest talents now working in this medium.
10/25/06
Without a clear purpose in mind other than telling a story that is mildly interesting if rather weird, The wild blue yonder never really takes off.
03/27/06
while the narrative relies on some pretty goofy science, it's nonetheless a fascinating story to hear told
11/07/06
Though occasionally striking, the footage doesn't pack the evocative punch Herzog intends, and segments that should be lyrical mind trips only result in overstretched longueurs.
10/24/06
A meandering, amusing trifle, Werner Herzog's latest film is as cheekily flaky as his recent Grizzly Man was sharply down-to-earth.
10/27/06
Though far from perfect, The Wild Blue Yonder does have something to say about human folly and it makes its statement in an unusual and thought-provoking way.
03/01/07
Raw materials are mingled with staged performance, context is scrambled, all of it is transformative
08/28/09
This wacky 'science fiction fantasy' (2005) by Werner Herzog looks like it was made for a few thousand bucks, but it's held aloft by the filmmaker's inexhaustible curiosity and wonder.
02/16/07
For devotees of lunatic Herzog adventure a la Fitzcarraldo, it's only a serviceable time-killer 'til the arrival of Rescue Dawn, the director's Americanization of his 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly.
10/27/06
A so-called 'science-fiction fantasy' about an epic trip to our planet, another epic journey away from it, and Herzog's musings on the implacable dominance of nature.
08/18/06
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