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Unconscious
Regent Releasing

Unconscious reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 59 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.5 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for sexual content including dialogue, and some drug material

Starring Leonor Watling, Luis Tosar, Alex Brendemühl, Mercedes Sampietro, Núria Prims, Ana Rayo, and Juanjo Puigcorbé

From acclaimed Spanish director Joaquin Oristrell, Unconscious is a delightful period comedy that questions sexual taboos in Barcelona in the early 20th century, yet resonates with a modern sensibility. (Regent Releasing)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Mystery  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Dominic Harari
Joaquín Oristrell
Teresa Pelegri
 
DIRECTED BY: Joaquín Oristrell  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: July 24, 2007 
Theatrical: December 29, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Spain / Germany / Italy / Portugal 
LANGUAGE(S): Spanish (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Inconscientes"

What The Critics Said

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80
Empire Patrick Peters
It may lack subtlety, but everything is beautifully designed and photographed, Watling and Tosar are superb and it's undeniably great fun.
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70
The New York Times Stephen Holden
If Unconscious consistently overplays its hand, its fusion of a Sherlock Holmes-style detective story (Alma is the master sleuth, and Salvador her Dr. Watson) with a delirious bedroom farce in the spirit of early Pedro Almodóvar is frequently very funny.
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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Unconscious is a ribald sex farce of considerable imagination and inspired wackiness and a meticulous period piece of the Art Nouveau era.
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63
TV Guide Ken Fox
The superego gets bested by the id in Spanish director Joaquin Oristrell's curious period sex comedy, which mixes intellectual musings on psychoanalysis with vulgar guffaws of the basest sort.
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60
Film Threat Stina Chyn
A brilliant exploration into the implications of Freud’s theories on one family.
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60
Village Voice Jennifer Drapkin
The movie's message is clear: Freud's greatest contribution to society was not the idea that all little boys long to sleep with their mothers--rather, it's the concept of the unconscious, a hidden place where our secret desires yearn to be free.
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58
The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
While the content is colorful and the actors seem up for the task, a flawed script and Oristrell's unemphatic direction let all the impact dribble away.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
Oristrell's comedic sense only seems to succeed in spurts, and he often burdens the proceedings with a theatrical and contrived air that undermines the humor.
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50
New York Post V.A. Musetto
An overdone sex comedy.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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Ken G. gave it a7:
Charming, offbeat comedy, with appealing performances by its 2 leads.

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