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Urbania
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 24 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 9 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Daniel Reitz (also play)
Jon Shear
Directed by: Jon Shear
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 15, 2000
DVD: March 13, 2001
Running Time: 103 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong violent and sexua
Starring Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, Matt Keeslar, Josh Hamilton, and Samuel Ball
Charlie (Futterman) is a guy who is recovering from the violent death of his lover. In trying to move on, he lives in a world where "urban legends" are everywhere he goes.
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What The Critics Said
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...
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Rarely does a movie come along that captures an aspect of everyday consciousness that has not yet made it onto film.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer David Ehrenstein
Because of the supremely artful way Shear and Reitz have pitched the story, it reaches into places few films, gay or straight, have gone.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
One of those small films that will, one hopes, find a larger audience through word of mouth.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
As technically innovative as it is emotionally unsettling.
Read Full Review >Film.com David D'Arcy
It gives the audience something serious to ponder. That's rare these days.
Read Full Review >Variety Emanuel Levy
A darkly intriguing drama that probes the very nature of love and the lasting effects of loss.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Such a powerful experience that it is equally effective whether you have figured out from the start where it is headed or whether its denouement comes as a complete surprise.
TNT RoughCut J. Rentilly
The journey -- long, dark, pungent, and twisted as it is -- is well worth the taking.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
The story of what happens when everything dies but love. It's a simple story, artfully told.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
Leaves you scratching your head a bit, wondering what just happened, and worrying if maybe it could happen to you too.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
It plays like Scorsese's ``After Hours,'' but for higher stakes.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Smart, psychologically complex film is an offbeat and effective tale.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Dark, morbidly funny and quite violent movie, which plays with audience members' heads in ways many people will find quite disturbing.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
A film in which barbs of wit, anger and grief continually prick at you.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi
An ambitious film, nearly an exploitative one, but its lingering effects are positive.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Much of this fractured drama and dark fantasy takes place inside the mind of Charlie (Futterman),
Read Full Review >Village Voice Amy Taubin
Derails toward the end, becoming platitudinous, not to mention kitschy, but, given the Cheerios wholesomeness of most gay indies, its grief-stricken delirium is a welcome relief.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Athima Chansanchai
Designed to shock and rock the viewer with disturbing imagery, the film misses the point once too often.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The story evokes a lot of varied emotions, but none runs more than an inch below skin deep.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Steve Simels
If this were a more mainstream film with a shot at a wider audience, we'd probably be talking Oscar nominations for Futterman and Ball.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
At its best when exploring grieving and loss and anger, but Shear turns it into spiritual shock treatment.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
Quickly degenerates into a grueling piece of unpleasantness.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Craig B. gave it a 2:
I'm baffled by all of the praise for this piece of junk. Throw in a gratuitous male-on-male rape scene and call it "moving"? Really!!?? There are certain shortcuts that lazy screen writers use to try and shorthand some pathos and artificially create interest in otherwise uninteresting characters, and this film trots out several cheap tricks. Why bother creating interesting characters when you can just throw in the tragic loss of a loved one? Why bother writing creative dialogue when you can just film a brutal rape? I'll give it a couple of points because I respect Alan Cummings as an actor, but sheesh...
Dets Nick gave it a 9:
A brilliant ending ties up an absorbing film that may previously feel aimless and meandering. Besides an exploitive side, this is a sad, exceptionally told, important drama!
Matthew R. gave it a 10:
Deeply moving...
Rob D. gave it a 9:
Well-acted, gorgeously shot and moving... sorry I missed it in first run, but the DVD package (with commentary and deleted scenes) is an especially worthwhile way to watch.
Sonny A. gave it a 9:
Incredible movie. I didn't know where the movie was going but the urban legends made it interesting and the last 30 minutes put it all together.
