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62 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Campbell Scott, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard
  • Summary: A fiercely original psychological thriller, The Dying Gaul is a tale of lust, power, corruption, betrayal and revenge set in the seductive world of the Hollywood elite. (Strand Releasing)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 3 out of 23
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    Mr. Sarsgaard gives the riskiest screen performance of his career. Save perhaps for Sean Penn's outbursts in "Dead Man Walking" and "Mystic River," no actor in a recent American film has delivered as explosive a depiction of a man emotionally blasted apart.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    Entertaining if cornball, lacking the cold-eyed nastiness of something like Mike Nichols's "Closer," The Dying Gaul is tricked out with strident montage sequences and tremulous Steve Reich music. It's already drowning in an icky sea of language when Lucas makes a stretch for Greek tragedy and sends the whole Malibu playhouse abruptly crashing down.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    These are three characters in search of a moral pulse.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. olivaV.
    10
    One of the most original and emotionally scary film i have seen in a long time. a wonderful accomplishment that everyone should see!
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  2. WayneB.
    5
    An entrancing mess. Sarsgaard gives a shattering performance in an utterly senseless plot. There are so many logic leaps in the story that it becomes a pointless jumble wallowing in its own pretentiousness. But like a spectacular car wreck, you keep watching nonetheless. Sarsgaard will blow your mind.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. jakiek.
    1
    Not good.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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