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68
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64
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63
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57
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Twin Falls Idaho
Sony Pictures Classics
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for language
Starring
Mark Polish,
Michael Polish,
Michele Hicks,
Leslie Anne Warren,
Patrick Bauchau,
Jon Gries,
Garret Morris,
and
William Katt
The story of Blake and Francis Falls, conjoined twins whose lives are as enigmatic as their unique appearance. In an eccentric hotel peopled with odd characters, the brothers dwell quietly. Then a beautiful young woman enters their lives, and for the first time someone sees the brothers' world from the inside. She makes them think of possibilities when they're certain there aren't any. They start to wonder how it would be to feel complete in new ways. (Sony Pictures Classics)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Mark Polish
Michael Polish
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Michael Polish
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 18, 2000
Video: January 18, 2000
Theatrical: July 30, 1999
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
110 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Bizarre, shadowy, enticingly eerie...more poetic, more tantalizingly original.

100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
In its quiet, dark, claustrophobic way, this is one of the best films of the year.

91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
A quietly dazzling microcosm that's always just this side of eerie, just that side of tragic.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A graceful mood piece that is infinitely moving.

90
Dallas Observer
Jean Oppenheimer
A gentle, beautifully realized tale of love and intimacy...It moved me to tears.

89
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
At once emotionally charged and genuinely, disconcertingly surreal...a marvel of subdued, genuine filmmaking.

88
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Beautiful, wandering little love story that wants to break your heart and probably will.

88
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
Never shies from acknowledging the natural fascination with their abnormalities.

88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Although the pervading mood of Twin Falls Idaho - a beautifully shot, noirish thing - is one of sadness and loss, the Polishes' film is playful, too.

80
LA Weekly
John Patterson
Proves that it's possible for a movie to be reckless and adventurous merely by being sedate, unhurried and contemplative.

80
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
An eerily effective film...Twin Falls Idaho has style, gravity and originality to spare.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Has the gentlest feel of any movie I can remember.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Pretentious but absorbing.

70
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
With its persuasive special effects, gentle pace, and more expressionistic than surreal production design, this serious yet far from ponderous drama is something of a marvel.

70
Film.com
John Hartl
Best of all is a Halloween party where the Falls are complimented on their "costume," then outed.

70
TNT RoughCut
Morgan Fouch
Though Twin Falls Idaho fascinatingly uncovers the complexities of conjoined twins, it is more about any sibling relationship where one feels simultaneously burdened and uplifted by the other.
70
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Entrancing, uncommonly compassionate film.

67
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
It is only once the movie has exhausted its roster of "weird" notions and contrived images that it finds its emotional footing, leaving you with one half of a lovely, woebegone film.

67
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Some truly memorable moments, but they come early and, as the film wears its way along, become increasingly hard to call to mind.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Often as stillborn in pace as it is conceptually compelling.

63
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The whole film could use a jolt of caffeine, and a lugubrious woodwind score doesn't help.

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
If you're in the mood for something strange, this film may please you, twice over.

60
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Lacks narrative push...atmospheric drama that casts a minor but distinctive spell.

50
TV Guide
Ken Fox
A slow and pensive tone, but for all its lyrical pretensions it lacks real poetry.

50
Baltimore Sun
Ann Hornaday
Surprisingly formulaic. So many scenes seem lifted from a 1950s melodrama, from Blake and Francis' repentent mother (Leslie Ann Warren) to the film's tearjerker of a final scene.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
This Lynch-ian knockoff is moodily monotonal, but the sameness is wearying.

50
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
Neither as weighty nor as weird as it would like to think.

50
Film.com
Peter Brunette
While the film's mood is dreamy, dark, and gentle, it's also very slow and seldom leads to much of a intellectual or emotional payoff.


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