Um Pombo Pousou num Ramo a Reflectir na Existência

The world of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is, in that sense, fragile, but not really moribund... That kind of mulishly stubborn resilience is very human, and also very funny.

...a brilliantly distinctive film that no one else could have made...

...may be Andersson’s masterpiece, but like any challenging work by an important artist, it’s not for everyone...

...Andersson has taken this particular mode of filmmaking about as far as it can probably go [...]. But that mode remains so unique, so powerfully unprecedented, that it’s impossible not to get hits of pleasure...

...[Andersson skaber] en række tableauer, som er blandt hans suverænt bedste.

Det er meditativt, beroligende, ofte morsomt på en næsten trodsig måde – og frem for alt så konsekvent udført, at man kun kan begejstres.