Thematically, the movie repeatedly contemplates crushing failure, although it's not devoid of hope.

I'm sympathetic enough to Andersson's project and his sensibility to concede after several months of disappointed reflection that Pigeon's redundancy is merely a case of diminished artistic returns than a lazy repackaging job.

[A] singular, engrossing collection of vignettes with a cumulative, disconcerting power.

Between deadpan and nonsense, with a tone of apparent non-acting that dialogues perfectly with the very muted color palette, this is - so far - Roy Andersson's best film... [Full review in Spanish]