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- 2006
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 24 m
- 2006
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 24 m
Summary Andy Garcia stars and makes his directorial debut in a passionate and historical tribute to his native Cuba. (Magnolia Pictures)
Directed By: Andy Garcia
Written By: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, D. Daniel Vujic
- 2006
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 24 m
- 2006
- R
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 24 m
The Lost City
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4.8
Where to Watch
Summary Andy Garcia stars and makes his directorial debut in a passionate and historical tribute to his native Cuba. (Magnolia Pictures)
Directed By: Andy Garcia
Written By: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, D. Daniel Vujic
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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22% Positive
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61% Mixed
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14 Reviews
17% Negative
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4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
47
22% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
61% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The movie evokes that long-ago world carefully and with a certain poetry; it was shot in the Dominican Republic. There is a lot of music, much of it from the period and performed by the same musicians or their successors.
What keeps the film watchable, aside from the vibrant musical numbers in the nightclub, is Garcia's obvious love for the Cuba of his ancestors, of his dreams. A lot goes wrong in this overlong movie, but it has a human touch.
For all the color and lively music, it's an overlong, messy labor of love built on a sense of personal betrayal that rings hollow.
Falls far short of the sweep, complexity and passion it seeks.
In its groggy way The Lost City holds your attention. Incoherent, but splendidly panoramic and drenched in wonderful Cuban music, it has the texture of a vivid, intoxicating dream that seems to mean something until you wake up and feel it slipping away. All that remains are feelings and impressions connected by a mood.
Garcia might have thought he was making a Cuban "Casablanca," but his big, empty spectacle amounts to less than a hill of beans.
Sometimes there's a fine line between a labor of love and a vanity project, and The Lost City, Andy Garcia's heartfelt - but hackneyed and interminable - love letter to his native Cuba, repeatedly crosses it.
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Based on 9 User Ratings
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Awards
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
ALMA Awards
• 1 Nomination
