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Lake Tahoe

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Lake Tahoe reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Paula Markovitch
Fernando Eimbcke

Directed by: Fernando Eimbcke

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 10, 2009

Running Time: 89 minutes, Color

Origin: Mexico | Japan | USA

Language(s): Spanish | English

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Diego Cataño, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara II, Yemil Sefani, Olda López, Mariana Elizondo, and Joshua Habid

Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an old paranoid mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his almost human boxer dog; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place in life is as a lead singer in a punk band, and to "The One who Knows", a teenage mechanic obsessed with martial arts and Kung Fu philosophy. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters drag Juan into a one day journey in which he will come to accept what he was escaping from in the first place--an event both as natural and inexplicable as a loved one's death. (Film Movement)

What The Critics Said

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The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Exquisitely captured in natural light by the cinematographer Alexis Zabé, Juan’s journey is framed by sherbet-colored houses and lemon sidewalks, dipping palm fronds and a burnished, turquoise horizon. The director calls his style "artisan cinema"; I just call it dreamy.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

With Lake Tahoe, Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke proves himself adept at turning a blank screen into a work of art.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Deborah Young

Veteran Yucatan stage actor Hector Herrera is a delight as the suspicious old garageman who gives Juan an important lesson about letting go.

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70

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

A surprisingly refreshing experience, especially in a season of infernal cinematic busyness.

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70

Village Voice Aaron Hillis

Eimbcke's droll rhythms are reminiscent of early Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismäki--here stylistically appropriate for a film about social and emotional inertia.

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63

Boston Globe Laura Bennett

In the end, the sparse dialogue and lengthy scenes make the film feel as leaden and listless as Juan's sputtering engine.

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50

Variety Russell Edwards

A lazy exercise in cute minimalist humor, low-budget but visually glossy Mexican film Lake Tahoe is so dry and slight that it threatens to drift right off the screen.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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