4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Troell continues to immerse viewers in the daily lives of his characters by filling his films with vibrant reconstructions of the changing times.....Troell has made an engrossing exploration of what he describes as creativity in service of survival."
Box Office

"[T]his movie unspools at a leisurely, episodic pace, dwelling on the details of domestic life with a care that is both naturalistic and nostalgic."
New York Times

"This exquisite film by the Swedish master Jan Troell is about seeing clearly, and fearlessly. It's also about subdued passion, the birth of an artist and a woman's struggle to live her own life."
Wall Street Journal

"EVERLASTING MOMENTS is a rich, intensely human story that deals with the mysteries of creativity and love and the pain and joy of relationships."
Los Angeles Times

4 stars out of 4 -- "Rarely is there a film that evokes our sympathy more deeply than EVERLASTING MOMENTS. It is a great story of love and hope, told tenderly and without any great striving for effect."
Chicago Sun-Times

"For the first time, the lo-fi purity of Swanberg's style is a conduit to something that transcends youth....An exploration of how the spaces between people can separate them or join them, often at the same moment." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly

"[An] epic family melodrama set in early-20th-century Sweden. Based on a true story, the movie centers on a Finnish-born wife and mother whose serendipitous possession of a camera leads to her own quest for personal autonomy."
Washington Post

4 stars out of 5 -- "[D]irector Jan Troell brings to it a gentle warmth that keeps it absorbing."
Total Film

Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "Troell captures flickering emotions about love and loss, feminine responsibilities and feminist awakening..."
Entertainment Weekly