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Chicago Reader Ted Shen

Huston's performance is spellbinding. And the naturally lit digital cinematography (by Rose and Ron Forsythe) is both poetic and harrowingly intimate in depicting Ivan's impending death.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Director Bernard Rose has created a committed, intelligent and fascinating piece of work with no irony about it.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A remarkable film.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The acting is uneven, but Huston's performance gains eerie intensity as the tale moves from sensationalistic melodrama to humanistic tragedy.

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

This cynical film paints a hugely unflattering portrait of life in Hollywood's fast lane. I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration, but I've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

To the degree that ivans xtc. works, it's thanks to Huston's revelatory performance.

New Times (L.A.) David Ehrenstein

Shot on High Definition video, this exceptionally well-made but exceedingly bleak peek at tinseltown would be unbearable were it not for the sympathetic performance of Danny Huston.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Contrived as this may sound, Mr. Rose's updating works surprisingly well. -- the story's sympathetic, tragic sense of the fragility of individual dignity is, if anything, made even more haunting in this version.

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Boldly engineering a collision between tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie, Rose's film, true to its source material, provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer.

Variety Todd McCarthy

Achieves a certain poignancy through its sensitivity to mortality in a context where illness and death are often thought of primarily in terms of gossip, blown deals and lost money.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Its high-definition video images -- are coated with a convincing sheen of disgust, and Huston's performance is riveting.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

It is both inside-baseball and self-parody, exposing a world that is just as ruthless and shallow as we've been shown it is in films like "The Player" and "Permanent Midnight."

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Not enough to save ivansxtc from, of all things, dullness.

New York Post Megan Lehmann

Behind the glitz, Hollywood is sordid and disgusting. Quelle surprise!