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  • Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan
  • Summary: Isabelle (Huppert), an ex-nun who believes that God has an as yet unspecified mission set aside for her, keeps herself fed by writing short stories for a pornographic magazine. One day she meets Thomas (Donovan), a confused but insightful amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to discover Thomas' past, Isabelle suspects that it's somehow linked with a desperate young porn actress, Sofia (Lowensohn). (Sony Classics)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    88
    Amateur is Hartley heaven, a sharp-witted thriller that takes off into dark and uncharted territory.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    Amateur, the fourth film of American independent filmmaker Hal Hartley, is by far his best - though, in the wake of "The Unbelievable Truth," "Trust" and "Simple Men," that is, admittedly, not saying much. [05 May 1995]
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Except for a few coups de style, Amateur is a screenful of cool nothingness. [05 May 1995]
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