Dark Horse

Name: Dark Horse
Genre: Drama
Released: June 8, 2012
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Christopher Walken, Jordan Gelber, Mia Farrow, Selma Blair

2012

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Vitagraph Films | Release Date: June 8, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Christopher Walken, Jordan Gelber, Mia Farrow, Selma Blair

Summary: Thirty-something guy with arrested development falls for thirty-something girl with arrested development, but moving out of his junior high school bedroom proves too much. Tragedy ensues. (Double Hope Films)

Director: Todd Solondz

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Richard Corliss

Jun 14, 2012

Solondz's most waywardly endearing film - his gentlest triumph. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Jun 20, 2012

Someone like Abe could only prevail through the powers of denial and optimistic wishing, and Solondz makes that happen, as the film gradually slips into fantasy. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

Jun 25, 2012

Less confrontational than most Solondz movies, in that it refrains from violence or kink, but still unsettling and affecting. Read full review

Joe Williams

Aug 3, 2012

As the blindered Abe, relative-unknown Gelber earns a sympathetic pat on the head. But as the character is braying for attention, he's stuck in his stall, while genuine dark horse Donna Murphy carries the narrative load as the middle-aged co-worker who prances into Abe's daydreams. Read full review

Neil Smith

Jun 21, 2012

Though more forgiving than previous Solondz films, Dark Horse is too slight to herald a wholesale change of direction. Yet it's still worth catching, if only for Walken's terrible toupee. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Jun 5, 2012

The movie strays too far into fantasy - Abe suffers mightily - but Solondz still has an ear and an eye for a specific hell in the real world. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Jun 5, 2012

Yesterday, Solondz blocking the screen meant something, even if it was just his own petulance. Today, a blurred sign only signifies his capitulation to peer pressure. Read full review

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MarcDoyle

Aug 7, 2012

Certainly more light-hearted than one of my faves Happiness, Dark Horse is an excellent film. The lead actor is terrific, Selma Blair is great (as usual), but Donna Murphy absolutely steals the show.

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lasttimeisaw

Jul 27, 2012

A KVIFF screening, my second Todd Solondz

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Trailesque

Aug 13, 2017

This starts off like another of Solondz's satirical broadsides - meet Abe, the struggling son of a well-off Jewish family. He is a bit of a clown - still stuck in his teens for the most part, he works for his dad and lives with his parents. It looks like things may be about to change tho,This starts off like another of Solondz's satirical broadsides - meet Abe, the struggling son of a well-off Jewish family. He is a bit of a clown - still stuck in his teens for the most part, he works for his dad and lives with his parents. It looks like things may be about to change tho, when he meets a pretty neurotic named Marie - maybe this dark horse might win the race after all, or at least help us have a few laughs. Like another reviewer pointed out, this seems like it could be a parody of a comedy starring Seth Rogen. But this film changes shape as it grows, and becomes a more serious, and troubling, tale of frustration and failure. By the time you get to the end, your chuckles will have died out.… Expand

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geewah

Jan 30, 2021

Really plays up the loveable loser angle but it just falls flat. A few funny moments but a rather ordinary affair.

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