- Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Release Date: Sep 23, 1988
- Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Jeremy Irons
- Summary:
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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100An instant classic, an Oscar-worthy showcase for Jeremy Irons, and a tightrope ballet over dicey screen material A subtle movie - and thus a disturbing one. Like Vertigo, The Night of the Hunter, Repulsion and a few others, it finds beauty in morbidity - then nags you to come back for a second dose. [23 Sept 1988]
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100David Cronenberg's gelid masterpiece.
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50Is this misogyny, as some insist, or a critique of misogyny, as others say? Many moviegoers, grossed out by the film's gothic approach to medical matters, won't watch long enough to find out which is the answer. [30 Sept 1988]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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AustinC.10Captiating from the opening score, the movie is a masterpiece.
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MrJ9
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D&KH.3Nothing was great about this movie. It did not "pull me in".
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