Rain
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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

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  1. AndyS.
    May 13, 2002
    6
    Almost every sequence is as carefully composed and expertly photographed as a spread in National Geographic. More often than not it avoids being overly mannered thanks to good acting, direction and editing. But the slow narrative rhythm becomes mildly monotonous when it's not clumsily lurching forward, producing an impression similar to a novel that should have been a short story (or a movie that should have remained a novel). Still, it's beautiful to look at, and it has its moments.… Collapse
  2. L.Y.
    May 28, 2002
    10
    A disturbing movie unfolding beautifully and slowly enough to appear ordinary, even banal, which as an afterthought disturbs even more. Excellent screenwriting and directing job, brilliant acting all around. A must see.
  3. ChadS.
    Jul 10, 2002
    10
    Something happens in "Rain" that could've made "Mermaids" a classic film. But when it does, you want to look away. Director Christine Jeffs pulls off the most gut-wrenching denouement in recent memory. It's fictitious. The job of great art is to suspend your disbelief and accept the representative as real. The actors are uniformly good but the real star is the woman yelling, "Cut!" She's able to enthrall with material that would depress in lesser hands. "Rain" is the best film of 2002. It's a gem. … Expand
  4. TracyR
    Jun 6, 2005
    6
    Craftfully and carefullly done - and I very much appreciate this, but I think we've hit the point of one too many sex = death scenarios. Enough already! Let's say something other than that female sexuality is dangerous. Disappointed to see women continuing to do this to other women.
  5. MyFriendsCallMeGilbertMulroneycakes
    Dec 12, 2002
    8
    Oh GOD...MAKE IT STOP! Not that it's a bad film (sob) or anything, it's just (howl of despair) so damn HEAVY. (scream) Beware. But watch (sobs again) it (smacks head against wall repeatedly) anyway.
  6. alissa
    Oct 31, 2004
    8
    All I'm going to say is that you'll need a bloody stiff drink after watching this. Oh, and the soundtrack is amazing.
  7. JonathasS.
    Feb 23, 2007
    9
    It's a amazing film about discoverings with great actors.

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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    90
    Through exquisite details, evocative music and bold dramatic strokes -- including a tragedy that transcends the melodrama it might have been -- Rain renders this family's life in its full dimensions.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    58
    As it moves from the drizzly to the overly stormy, Rain freights a young girl's self-destructive eagerness to lose her virginity with so much danger and even horror that it's as if the events were trying to make up for the film's previous lack of drama.
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  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    75
    Gorgeously evocative visually.
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