- Studio: First Run Features
- Release Date: Nov 12, 2004
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- Summary:
- Director: Claude Miller
- Genre(s): Drama
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88Miller's quiet artistry is at its peak, and though "Lili" is not as subtle, profound or moving a work as Chekhov's play, it's an intelligent, first-rate piece of cinema.
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80It's the third feature Miller has shot using lightweight digital video cameras, and the result is a special lightness in the work itself -- the glowing images ease into one another like leaves turning in a summer breeze, while the performances are similarly effortless.
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60The film is, in fact, an adaptation of Anton Chekov's "The Seagull." This provenance also explains why there's something slightly old-fashioned about the whole business.
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38Viewers are left wondering just why they should care about them and the rest of the film's one-dimensional characters.
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