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Intimate Stories

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8.6 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 13 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama  |  Foreign

Written by: Pablo Solarz

Directed by: Carlos Sorin

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 4, 2005
DVD: July 18, 2006

Running Time: 92 minutes, Color

Origin: Argentina / Spain

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Javier Lombardo, Antonio Benedicti, Javiera Bravo, Julia Solomonoff, Laura Vagnoni, Enrique Otranto, Mariela Díaz, and María Rosa Cianferoni

Set in the otherworldly expanses of Southern Patagonia, this quirkily comic road-movie is a distinctive blend of bemused satire and gentle humanism. (New Yorker Films)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Gentle, humanistic, delicious.

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91

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

But while this piquant, tapas-like movie (a 2003 film- festival favorite only now being released) asserts that landscape is a kind of destiny from which one cannot escape, Sorin takes delighted, serious interest in how far a person can advance psychologically, even if all roads lead back to a home at the end of the world.

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90

Variety David Rooney

Endowed with captivating simplicity, gentle humor, rich humanity and infectious generosity of spirit.

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83

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White

Genuinely funny and sweet, the film's "everybody wins" philosophy resonates beyond the feel-good surfaces.

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80

Village Voice David Ng

It's a perfectly realized grace note whose lack of any obvious message only reinforces the movie's abundant wisdom and patient humanism.

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80

The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann

The name of Hugo Colace ought to be known to the film world. He is the cinematographer of an Argentinean film called Intimate Stories. Not since some Tibetan films have I seen such vastness, sparsely inhabited, almost ringing with immensity.

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75

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

As stripped down as its title, this gentle Argentinian road movie makes much out of very little.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

Has no profound statements to make, but it does provide warm and fuzzy comfort.

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75

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

A delightful road movie.

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70

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

This is a charming, low-key entry in the burgeoning tradition of travelog indies -- by which I mean feature films that take you to some godforsaken outback you're unlikely to visit personally.

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70

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Almost every frame of this modest gem of a movie, directed by Carlos Sorin from a screenplay by Pablo Solarz, conveys the emptiness of the environment in which three interwoven vignettes unfold.

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70

TV Guide Ken Fox

Warm and frequently very funny, Argentine director Carlos Sorin's third feature weaves together three story lines into one road-tripping adventure that's a joy ride from beginning to end.

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60

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

Intimate Stories stays doggedly, purposefully minor, in part because director Carlos Sorin and screenwriter Pablo Solarz want to explore the casual interactions of people doing nothing.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Donald W. gave it a3:
The english translation of the title is incorrect: "minimas" means "smallest", not "intimate," and these three stories are about the smallest you'll ever sit through. Nearly as boring as the Patagonian countryside where it takes place.

Gali V. gave it a10:
Great movie, heart warming!

Richard K. gave it an8:
Lovely little film with very engaging characters and with great whimsy.

Karen V. gave it a10:
Best Argentine film I've seen since Nueve Reinas... Is a tough yet realistic vision of solitude and distress in the Patagonia.

Jean M. gave it a10:
The best movie I've seen in years. Saw it last night, and am still stunned, can't get it out of my mind. I can't imagine how your voters can have been so ungenerous with their ratings.

David C. gave it an8:
Just a delightful movie with many smiles and chuckles. No serious point or message but most moviegoers will go away feeling very satisfied.

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