sentences:  A. H. Weiler, like Halliwell, was unconvinced by the film's plot, but lauded it for its "polished [filmic] treatment" and Thompson's "properly moody [directorial] style".In a retrospective review, Michael Barrett of "PopMatters" praised the film's cinematography and editing, which he notes provides "a sense of propulsion to what, in other hands, might be a stagnantly paced story; either sound or image are continually pulling at us, like fate...There's something about "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud" that keeps it lodged in the memory like a nasty splinter."