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  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary It’s been a hell of a day on the highway. When Federal Officers Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at Captain Billing’s office, they have three sets of stories to figure out and a string of vicious murders to consider. One zealot cop, a strung out junkie and an eight year old girl all sit in testimon...

Directed By: Jennifer Lynch

Written By: Kent Harper, Jennifer Lynch

  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 37 m

Surveillance

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
31
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary It’s been a hell of a day on the highway. When Federal Officers Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at Captain Billing’s office, they have three sets of stories to figure out and a string of vicious murders to consider. One zealot cop, a strung out junkie and an eight year old girl all sit in testimon...

Directed By: Jennifer Lynch

Written By: Kent Harper, Jennifer Lynch

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
31
8% Positive
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50% Mixed
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42% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
31
8% Positive
1 Review
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
42% Negative
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83
A grubby, disturbing serial-killer mystery, a kind of blood-simple "Rashomon."
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50
Either a ludicrously bad movie or a parody of same. Either way, it's pretty funny.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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10
AWareham
Apr 14, 2018
This is perhaps the most overlooked movie of recent years, maybe due to Boxing Helena. This one has everything, including a final few scenes that will blow your away. Just Brilliant.
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8
afxcollin
Oct 30, 2010
This was a great pyschological horror-drama type thing that delivers what it intended to do - disturb and confuse you, and in that I give this movie a 8. It was entertaining, although slow, but otherwise the endings payoff is quit disturbing and twisted. This movie isn't for everyone and shouldn't be view by the faint of heart.
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42
Surveillance suggests "Jennifer Lynchian" should be used for films that aspire to David’s moody, idiosyncratic genius and fall woefully short.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
40
In the end, Surveillance is a puzzle box film that has nothing to offer except the various puzzle pieces. The characters do not stand out, the drama is not compelling, and the screenplay is light on even remotely interesting dialogue.
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30
At the end, all is horrifically explained, the body count inflates, yet hardly anything makes sense. In Papa Lynch's films, little is explained, yet because he's so gifted at mining our deepest fears and scariest desires, logic is excused.
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25
The most enjoyable way to watch Surveillance - "enjoyable," in the relative sense - is to take its awfulness for granted and pay attention to everything Bill Pullman does.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
0
It seems doubtful that Surveillance, a would-be transgression that tries to squeeze dark laughs from the spectacle of human suffering, would be taking up space in theaters if its director were not the daughter of a name filmmaker.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
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3
vudumindscience
Oct 16, 2018
Slow, meandering and self-indulgent, filled with eye-rolling cliches and tired tropes. It's also aged quite poorly. A movie to avoid.
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k9wazere
Oct 30, 2015
Easily sooner than half way into the film, you could see the plot twist. Only it was such a ridiculous plot twist you were willing yourself to be wrong. "They can't do something that stupid, surely?" And then they did. This film has one of the worst plot twists I've ever seen. It literally destroys any enjoyment you might have extracted from the film. It makes you question if you really want to live in a world this dumb.
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Production Company Lago Film, See Film, Film Star Pictures, Blue Rider Pictures, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), SaskFilm, Saskatchewan Employment Tax Credit Program, Stephen Onda Productions
Release Date Jun 26, 2009
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
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Tagline A Film by Jennifer Lynch
Website http://www.magnetreleasing.com/surveillance/
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Awards

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 3 Nominations
New York City Horror Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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