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Genre :

Drama, Biography

Release Date :

November 30, 2007 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Julian Schnabel

Starring :

Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  Be the 1st!

“..The Diving Bell and the Butterfly traps you inside your worst nightmare, only to bring you to your senses..”
by Wendy R. Weinstein [Film Journal International]
Review rate : A-

“..The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is the most beautiful movie ever made about a man who could only move one eyelid..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
5 of 5

“..deeply moving and genuinely inspiring..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
3.5 of 4

“..a remarkable true story..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
4 of 4

“.."The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" arrests us for two hours, reminding us just how superfluous all this buzzing-about can become, in life as in movies..”
by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]
4 of 4
Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Eugene Novikov [Film Blather]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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