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Movie Reviews of Exotica
Movie Review: MASTERPIECE
Summary: 5 Stars
In my opinion, Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA is one of the best movies of the last decade. Those of us who had the opportunity to watch in the eighties Egoyan's first movies such as THE ADJUSTER or FAMILY VIEWING are not surprised by the nowadays international recognition of the armenian-canadian director. With EXOTICA, he has joined the very small guild of the writer/directors whose name will be remembered in the future. Atom Egoyan is treating such universal themes as Redemption, Guiltiness or Desire, mixing them in a puzzle of images and subplots that leave us petrified by the beauty of the movie and the deepness of the feelings experienced by the characters. EXOTICA, like a book you cherish, must be seen several times in order to appreciate the complexity of the screenplay. Don't hesitate to buy it, you cannot be wrong with this movie.
There are alas no bonus features with this Disney/Buena Vista DVD, a company that prefers present extra long documentaries about the making of some infantile movie rather than contribute to the nobler but less profitable effort to help true artists reveal their work. Shame.
A DVD zone your library.
Movie Review: ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING MOVIES I'VE EVER SEEN
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, I'll admit it. The box cover tempted me to rent it, particularly as the quoted reviews on the box were good. But it was not what I expected. The whole movie is about being not what you expected. We think we understand the people we are seeing, we want to put them into stereotypes, but it doesn't work that way. The movie shows how one event (which we never fully understand until the VERY end) can have life-changing impacts on so many people. We see all these strange plot elements coming together, almost (sorry for the cliche) like a rug being woven. Seeming unconnected elements come together into a whole.It is also a sad movie. Not like a tear-jerker sad, but a sadness that permeates all the characters throughout. They have no joy...the stripping has ZERO joy, so do not get this movie if you want stripping. It is paced to match this sadness, and the performances are minimal and spare. If you need fast-paced, Hollywood style plot development, stay far away. If you need something though-provoking, surprising and emotionally draining, here you go! (Be sure to see Egoyan's SWEET HEREAFTER too.)
Movie Review: Good movie, bad distribution
Summary: 5 Stars
A psychologist once said that deep grief can feel very much like going insane. That phrase kept coming to mind for me as I watched this movie. It's probably the single finest study of the effects of guilt and grief on a group of characters that I have ever seen. Unfortunately, distributors chose to market the movie to Americans as soft-core porn about strippers, with the result that a lot of people rent it and are disappointed to find that it actually requires thought and involvement to understand. In the movie, through the interaction of a group of characters with each other, we learn that they all carry the scars from events leading up to and surrounding the death of a young girl in the past. How all the characters fit together, and what the relationships are between them is a puzzle built throughout the movie, and it doesn't fall completely into place until the very last scene. The movie is a visual masterpiece and a brilliant and feeling character study. If you rent it knowing what it is and what to expect, I think you will find it a work of genius.Movie Review: Egoyan's swan Song!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
O.K. this film sarts off with a elderly Kung Fu instructor that, at the end of his life, realizes that his five students could become evil. Each of the students has become a master Kung Fu fighter and has specialized in one of five deadly techniques. The problem is that the master has no idea who each of the " deadly venoms " are now that they have been able to leave the secret Kung Fu school......oh, wait! This is Atom Egoyan's Exotica I'm writing about. Sorry!Exotica made me fall into a deep, deep sleep. I had a dream about a real strip club. It was NOTHING like Egoyan's over the top exotic wonderland. In reality strip clubs, strippers and strip club DJs couldn't be LESS interesting. The average strip club is , at best, entertaining. There is nothing exotic or entertaining about Exotica. I wonder if Egoyan has ever been in a strip club? Well, I'm sure he's too cultured for that kind of thing.
5 stars for the the Shaw Brother's Kung Fu classic Five Deadly Venoms! Top notch Kung Fu !!!
Movie Review: Exotica is an emotionally brilliant film.
Summary: 5 Stars
Exotica is one of the most emotionally complex and thematically intricate films ever made. Upon each viewing I notice more and more symbolism embedded in the imagery. To say this film is about x, y, or z would be too simplistic. It is a yarn of collective psychological baggage revolving around the relationship between four protagonists and three main narratives, told in a non-linear fashion, as these peoples' lives cross paths. What does it mean to be human, and what do humans do in the face of irreconcilable loss?
What does it mean to "touch" and "be touched?"
What is the appeal of the "exotic?," of looking in the mirror? What is the role of mimesis in our daily life? What is the role of our daily life in the context of other people, and what "role" do they / we play in the larger context of existence?
These are all themes that Exotica presents.
This film is worth seeing more than once.