Andrew Sarris wrote in his review of Heaven's Gate, "I'm a little surprised that many of the same critics who lionized Cimino for The Deer Hunter have now thrown him to the wolves with equal enthusiasm."
Andrew Sarrris je u svojoj kritici za Vrata raja napisao: "Malo sam iznenađen što mnogi kritičari koji su bili oduševljeni Ciminom zbog njegovog Lovca na jelene sada tog istog redatelja bacaju vukovima s jednakom dozom entuzijazma."