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New Rose Hotel

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 9 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Abel Ferrara
Christ Zois
William Gibson (story)
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 8, 1999
DVD: December 14, 1999
Running Time: 92 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong sexuality and language, including some sex-related dialogue
Starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Yoshitaka Amano, Annabella Sciorra, and Gretchen Mol
Criminals Fox (Walken) and X (Dafoe) use and Italian prostitute (Argento) to seduce a Japanese genetic scientist and learn his secrets.
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
On the very edge of coherence -- but I find its decadent erotic poetry irresistible.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Quirky acting combines with Ferrara's dark, brooding style to give the throwaway story a noteworthy measure of dramatic and cinematic interest.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
It's moody and atmospheric. But with the exception of a few cool moments that remind you of Ferrara at his best, it's dull and written with little attention paid to basic storytelling.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
No place for literalists, but Ferrera fans should be pleased with this tale.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Janet Maslin
Affirms that soft-core porn is alive and well in cyberpunk.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Stephens
The first two-thirds are turgid enough; in the last, Ferrara begins replaying scenes we've already seen earlier in the film.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Amy Taubin
What's on the screen is so dreadful that it inspires the ontological question "What are films and why is this not one of them?"
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Dori D. gave it a4:
Some cool moments, but I have no idea what the hell happened in this movie. The ending (in which earlier scenes and quotes are repeated over and over again) was painful to say the least. What might lead a film maker to end a film like this is beyond me.
Kristoffer W. gave it a6: Misha S. gave it a 6: Maantas T. gave it a 10: Kristoffer W. gave it a 6: Misha S. gave it a 6:
I enjoyed it for the good bursting mind job it pulls on you (if you manage to attain any sort of grasp of the plot). Not much eye candy but a lot of ear candy a'la christopher walken's typical persona. Yoshitaka Amano's appearance in the movie shocked me to no end as I've followed his art work for years and never really realised he was in a movie (though I recall a rumor of it). A good movie for Christopher Walken's cult following, Dafoe is fairly strong in it (though every time I see him I can't help but place his face on the character Xar from "The Death Gate Cycle" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman...when they making a movie of that by the way?) and if you need a little brain work out (and can look past the slightly excessive nudity) this is a good movie for you. However-avoid 3:00 am viewing. Especially when on network television. The commercials make it hard to follow the flow of the movie.
NRH is ideally suited for William Gibson fans, who I think might be satisfied with the screen adaptation of a short story that is just shy of two pages long. Its general dark and moody tones are in harmony with the characteristic plot lines, however, viewers who havn't read the short story or are not fans of the genre will likely find NRH incoherent and pointless. The plot is generally weak, but the cinematography is quite good in that it stays faithful to the cyberpunk meets film noir hybrid genre.
Very good atmosphere created in a film, its not a film to track the story, its for the mood.
I enjoyed it for the good bursting mind job it pulls on you (if you manage to attain any sort of grasp of the plot). Not much eye candy but a lot of ear candy a'la christopher walken's typical persona. Yoshitaka Amano's appearance in the movie shocked me to no end as I've followed his art work for years and never really realised he was in a movie (though I recall a rumor of it). A good movie for Christopher Walken's cult following, Dafoe is fairly strong in it (though every time I see him I can't help but place his face on the character Xar from "The Death Gate Cycle" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman...when they making a movie of that by the way?) and if you need a little brain work out (and can look past the slightly excessive nudity) this is a good movie for you. However-avoid 3:00 am viewing. Especially when on network television. The commercials make it hard to follow the flow of the movie.
NRH is ideally suited for William Gibson fans, who I think might be satisfied with the screen adaptation of a short story that is just shy of two pages long. Its general dark and moody tones are in harmony with the characteristic plot lines, however, viewers who havn't read the short story or are not fans of the genre will likely find NRH incoherent and pointless. The plot is generally weak, but the cinematography is quite good in that it stays faithful to the cyberpunk meets film noir hybrid genre.
