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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 10 m

Summary A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.

Directed By: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson

Written By: Bob Kotyk, John Ashbery, Kim Morgan, Evan Johnson, Guy Maddin

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 2 h 10 m

The Forbidden Room

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
must-see
83
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.

Directed By: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson

Written By: Bob Kotyk, John Ashbery, Kim Morgan, Evan Johnson, Guy Maddin

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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0% Mixed
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100
Dec 17, 2015
In emulating the two-strip Technicolor process, it creates a look that’s scratchy and primitive, but also, through the peculiar alchemy of Maddin’s craft, eerily rich and dreamlike, with the depth of an oceanic abyss.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
91
Feb 19, 2015
The Forbidden Room is a cinephile’s delight, another Maddin dream fantasia that’s visually distressed, suffused in feverish melodrama, and strangely poetic. Surrender yourself to its demented genius. The Forbidden Room will trap you in its bewitching spell, and you’ll be better for it.
By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW
90
Sep 19, 2015
The Forbidden Room is a tour de force that takes Maddin’s ambition through a maze of magical melodrama.
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80
Dec 7, 2015
Exquisitely designed, this cornucopia of melodramatic fragments and movie pastiches will enchant Guy Maddin fans.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 6, 2015
The experience is two-thirds thrilling to one-third enervating, a winning ratio for what's essentially a tightly curated anthology film.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 19, 2015
Maddin’s zeal for old cameras and stocks is matched only by his revelry in evoking an entire genre with a single image. The film’s apogee literally opens up The Book of Climax in a sequence of pure, knowing cinematic joy. Film-lovers, this ludicrous movie is for you.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 1, 2015
Delightful and ingenious as much of this is on a moment-to-moment basis, it becomes somewhat wearying over the long haul.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
7.4
75% Positive
9 Ratings
8% Mixed
1 Rating
17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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75% Positive
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8% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Phi, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Kidam
Release Date Oct 7, 2015
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/theforbiddenroom.film/
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Awards

Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 3 Nominations
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 2 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Nominations

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