'Excellent... one of world cinema’s most confident and impressive young(ish) filmmakers... sharp and wise dialogue... It's the best film of the year so far by a long stretch'.
- Dave Calhoun, TIME OUT

'Superb'
- TIME OUT

'A handsomely photographed film... Minutely observed, painfully honest and accurately perceptive, this is a mournful masterpiece'.
- Wendy Ide, THE TIMES

'Exceptional filmmaking'
- Derek Malcolm, EVENING STANDARD

'Superb... Turkish arthouse master... outstanding... a film-maker who has established absolute mastery over his cinematic idiom...'
- Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

'Riveting art house cinema of the highest order... absolutely riveting and painfully honest... deeply affecting'
- Philip French, THE OBSERVER

'Subtle, substantial and sublimely beautiful as was his previous 'Uzak'... one of the most exciting cinematic talents to emerge in recent years'
- Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT

'The extraordinary Turkish film-maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan... the most moving, and most personal film in competition'
- Jonathan Romney, THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

'An elegant piece of work'
- Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

'Top of the crop for me was CLIMATES... Outstanding'
- Dave Calhoun, TIME OUT

'Ceylan’s skill with composition, mood and dark humour has never been better'
- Nick James, SIGHT AND SOUND

'This moving, subdued study in alienation…Patient, absorbing and torn from the heart'
- TOTAL FILM

'A moving treat... immensely satisfying... Ebru Ceylan... is immensely affecting... Ceylan’s complex, subtle film...'
- Jonathan Romney, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

'A quiet, meditative tale of romantic meltdown'
- Kevin Harley, THE INDEPENDENT INFORMATION

'CLIMATES is set to stun the London Film Festival... [Ceylan] one of the bravest and assiduously personal directors of his generation'
- Wendy Ide, THE TIMES

'Ceylan’s aching portrait of a relationship breakdown...'
- SIGHT AND SOUND

'Richly rewarding work... one of the most rewarding filmmakers working today... mordantly funny, painfully honest tale of frustration'
- Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT

'A stunning drama from award-winning Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan'
- Derek Malcolm, EVENING STANDARD