Ceylan's deeply observant, quiet epic might leave you detached at first, but this is the kind of work that aims to creep up on and haunt you in the long haul, in many not instantly recognizable ways.

Such miserable people; why should we care? Maybe because Ceylan does.

The easy gag about the 196-minute "Winter Sleep" is that it's so good it makes 3 1/2 hours feel like two, but that's no joke.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, is a sensational filmmaker, able to confidently place us almost instantaneously both in the geography of his story and also to persuade us of the authenticity of his characters’ lives.