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MPAA RATING: R for violence, language and brief sexual humor
Starring Lalita Panyopas, Prompop Lee, Surapong Mekpongsathorn, Tasanawalai Ongartittichai, Black Phomtong, Sirisin Siripornsmathikul, Sritao, and Arun Wannarbodeewong
In the critically-acclaimed Thai comedy, 6ixtynin9 a young woman named Tum finds a mysterious noodle box full of money on her doorstep, shortly after losing her job. The clever beauty attempts to hold on to the loot and soon finds herself at the center of a thrilling, high-stakes caper between Thai Boxing gangsters, corrupt executives and the bungling authorities. (Palm Pictures)
| GENRE(S): | Action | Comedy | Foreign | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| DIRECTED BY: | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 11, 2005 Theatrical: May 20, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 115 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Thailand |
| LANGUAGE(S): | Thai (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Ruang talok 69"
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
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Chad S. gave it a7:
Lalita Panyopas is quite adept at playing a woman who somehow manages to remain sympathetic throughout her increasingly Kafkaesque situation. Her realistic performance grounds a film that sometimes tries too hard for laughs. "6ixtynin9" avoids the requisite action scenes between the criminal naif and the criminal proper by sidestepping the genre convention of skipping town to avoid capture. This is admirable because we've seen too many films that ditch their narratives in favor of spectacle. But it does take a lot of contrivances in the screenplay to keep that woman in her apartment. At the onset, "6ixtynin9" could've been the Thai "Thelma & Louise"("Tum & Jim) had Tum been less coy about the money. When Jim(Tasanawalai Ongarittichai) has her heart broken by a gigolo, the lost chance to emancipate themselves from men rears its head. Instead of a road movie, we get a well-photographed violent black comedy that's not too violent and not always funny. But it works because Panyopas plays it straight all the way through.

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