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Cynthia Kirk
A terribly sad, depressing movie. Not one of Bergman's greatest. At first it seems very artificial, like a bad children's play with cardboard figures and gratuitous violence. But as it proceeds, it exposes human venality, vulnerabilty, despair and hopelessness. It's a war movie, where all the combatants look the same and no one can tell who's on which side. And does it matter? Bergman's point from start to finish is too obvious, even if moving.