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Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Zeitgeist Films

Water Drops on Burning Rocks reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 73 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier, and Anna Levine

A 50 year old businessman falls in love with a boy of 19 in 70's Germany. They begin a love affair, but a difference of opinion ends their "we" status.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (play)
Francois Ozon
 
DIRECTED BY: Francois Ozon  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: August 21, 2001 
Video: August 21, 2001 
Theatrical: July 14, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: France 
LANGUAGE(S): French (with English subtitles) 

Original French title "Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes"

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90
Village Voice J. Hoberman
A movie of cutting humor, near-constant talk, and one show-stopping dance routine.
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90
The New York Times Dana Stevens
A brilliant satire of emotional politics.
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88
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
You can feel the world closing in, which, I would venture, is exactly how Fassbinder wanted you to feel.
88
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Through it all, Ozon supplies a sense of pathos that makes fun of its own soullessness, transforming a self-serious suicide note into an existential love letter.
80
Film.com Ernest Hardy
The film is very theatrical and admittedly "staged," but always purposefully.
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80
Chicago Reader Fred Camper
It's good to see a gay relationship treated no differently than a heterosexual one would be.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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75
Boston Globe Loren King
The film does not offer an optimistic view of relationships.
75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The best scenes capture the blend of irony, melodrama, and real emotion that distinguishes Fassbinder's most memorable pictures.
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75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Dark farce, a four-handed game of sexual trumps.
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75
Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
Very French and at times threatens to dissolve into a steamy sex farce.
63
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
As much a curiosity piece as anything else.
60
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The whole thing has the air of a parlor trick, but it's a good trick, beautifully acted.
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60
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Mild as satire and completely unconvincing as tragicomedy.
50
New York Post Hannah Brown
The static, claustrophobic movie is very much a filmed play.

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