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Million Dollar Hotel, The
Kintop Pictures


7.4

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MPAA RATING: R for language and some sexual content

Starring Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits, Amanda Plummer, and Gloria Stuart

Focusing on a gang of unique outcasts and misfits living in a downtown Los Angeles fleapit, this is a story of friendship, betrayal and the overwhelming power of unconditional love. (Icon/Road Movies)

GENRE(S):	Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Bono (story) Nicholas Klein (also story)
DIRECTED BY:	Wim Wenders
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: April 3, 2001 Video: April 3, 2001 Theatrical: February 2, 2001
RUNNING TIME:	122 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	Germany / UK / USA

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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

The film has an unabashed romantic tone that's matched by Wenders' usual flair for visual drama.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Conceived by U2's Bono, it's not quite as bad as it might have been. After all, its own star, Mel Gibson, has famously called this tale of destitute misfits "as boring as a dog's a——."

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Pretentious and trite.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

A mellow dream of a movie that's an acquired taste. It's attractive because of the oblique way that Mr. Wenders ambles through a murder mystery that's stronger on characterization than on plot.

San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham

Gutter romance meets metaphysical thriller.

TV Guide Ken Fox

So silly it's best taken ironically. But the film, much of it shot digitally, is also astonishingly beautiful.

USA Today Andy Seiler

Wenders creates an imaginative, stylized cityscape, but what's missing is the compelling story that could bring the setting to life.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A fantasy, a fairy tale, but its characters and the emotions they elicit become painfully real.

Film.com Ernest Hardy

The film isn't very good. The Million Dollar Hotel is an uneasy melding of Hollywood shtick and art-house sensibilities.

New York Magazine Peter Rainer

He (Gibson) ramrods his way through the bugged-out hysterics as if he were appearing in a movie that actually made sense. What a brave heart.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

If any of these characters were half as resonant as Wenders appears to think they are, the film might have seemed charming instead of merely stranded.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

How this hopelessly muddled and tedious dirge got released -- unless it was through the clout of Mel Gibson, who's grafted on as an FBI agent in a neck brace, with no discernible connection to the action -- is the real mystery.

Salon.com Charles Taylor

There's a vacancy in The Million Dollar Hotel, and it's between Wim Wenders' ears.

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Wenders's The Million Dollar Hotel is something of a monstrosity -- liquored self-indulgence taken to its own astral plane.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

The script that Nicholas Klein has conjured from Bono's idea is a quicksand that sucks down a solid cast.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Gino M. gave it a3:
Like watching two corporate executives talk jibberish to each other while switchin out their slacks for women's jeans and axe affect gel for flat iron hair with blonde highlights on the 71st floor of the US Bank Building for no apparent reason at all. It's so seedy.....I'm soooooo intrigued by these people that obvious embody Downtown Los Angeles. Obviously.

Ioannis P. gave it a9:
This may be a bit slow for some, but it has many qualities including great ating and direction.

Laura P. gave it a10:
This is an absolutely fabulous movie. Mel Gibson's character is a little weird, but overall this was a great movie!

brett gave it a10:
I thought it was original and bloody brilliant.

Ashley S. gave it a 10:
This movie is simply incredible. U2's music throughout the film really worked nicely and made the film all that much more lovable. This movie will nearly bring you to tears at the brilliance of it all....the characters are wonderful, each full of mystery...like most of the film. This movie is nothing short of AMAZING.. It will really leave you thinking..and wanting to watch it again..and again!

The Gilbert Mulroneycakes Night On Five gave it a 1:
Wim Wenders. Good director. Sometimes. When he's not, you know, drunk on his own talent. Like, say, here. It could have been a good film, but Wenders buggers it up completely with the floridity of his direction. It's almost impossible to watch without sighing or wincing every thirty seconds. One point for the Bono connection.

Shaggy gave it a 10:
Bravo Bono! Well done ole man. I enjoyed watching this film because of it's story line and cinematography. I also like the way the characters are so wacky. Each one had a personality worth learning about. Hearing U2's music during the movie is wonderful. I'm a huge U2 fan. Buy the soundtrack and the DVD they are very much worth it. Bono is truly an artist.

Million Dollar Hotel, The Kintop Pictures

Million Dollar Hotel, The
Kintop Pictures