"Certified Fresh" on the website's rating system. The site's the consensus states "Birth, death, and transformation are examined in Le quattro volte, a profound and often funny meditation on the cycles of life on earth." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 16 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews." Jonathan Romney, writing in The Independent on Sunday, described Le quattro volte as "both magnificent and magnificently economical," remarking "I like to think that it's possible for cinema to make profound cosmological statements without having to go all Cecil B. DeMille." Romney finds the film "the freshest and the deepest film I've encountered in a while," and "one of those rare films that anyone could enjoy, whether or not they normally care for slow Italian art cinema." Accolades See also Slow cinema References External links Video interview with Frammartino at British Film Institute 2010 films 2010s avant-garde and experimental films Italian avant-garde and experimental films 2010s Italian-language films