X
- 2001
- R
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 33 m
- 2001
- R
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 33 m
Summary In this "erotic murder mystery," a lesbian private investigator from Sydney, Australia who is investigating the mysterious disappearance of a university poetry student falls in love with one of the suspects.
Directed By: Samantha Lang
Written By: Anne Kennedy, Dorothy Porter
- 2001
- R
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 33 m
- 2001
- R
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 33 m
The Monkey's Mask
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Summary In this "erotic murder mystery," a lesbian private investigator from Sydney, Australia who is investigating the mysterious disappearance of a university poetry student falls in love with one of the suspects.
Directed By: Samantha Lang
Written By: Anne Kennedy, Dorothy Porter
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Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Negative
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4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
49
44% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Think "Basic Instinct" with brains, and you've got it.
Less elliptical and more down-and-dirty than Lang's interesting debut film, ''The Well,'' this one tumbles through Sydney's academic and alternative poetry circles and is built around a lesbian private eye.
It isn't quite like watching a train wreck -- it's more perverse and anti-climactic -- but it's as hard to shake once it's passed.
It is awkward and dull, a capital crime for an aspiring noir.
Poetry, lesbian sex and murder might be a killer combination if a deadly pace weren't included in the mix.
The Monkey's Mask is filmed with an eye toward an arthouse sheen, although Lang's dramatic pacing is sluggish and dull.
The film seems dimly aware of its own ridiculousness, but it lacks the constitution for self-mockery.
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Awards
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 2 Nominations
Australian Screen Sound Guild
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Dallas OUT TAKES
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
