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Genre :

Drama, Romance

Release Date :

September 14, 2007 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Francois Girard

Starring :

Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Alfred Molina, Koji Yakusho, Sei Ashina, Miki Nakatani, Mark Rendall

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

Review rate : C

“..promising beginning is followed by scenes of clumsily staged exposition, from which the narrative never recovers..”
by Bill White [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
1.5 of 4

“..Despite the title, it?s rougher than burlap and twice as uncomfortable..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 4

“..an exquisitely felt love story that unfolds as delicately as a blooming flower..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2 of 5

“..a handsome and authentic-looking epic but one that is so underdone as to render all its inherent drama stillborn..”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 4

“..a gorgeous film to look at, but it has little to recommend it beyond pretty pictures..”
by Pam Grady [Reel.com]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jackie Loohauis-Bennett [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeanne Aufmuth [Palo Alto Online]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Maitland McDonagh [TV Guide]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Strickler [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by John Hartl [Seattle Times]
Reviewed by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
Reviewed by Daniel Eagan [Film Journal International]
Reviewed by Kevin Crust [LA Times]

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I thought this movie was very good. Michael Pitt shines thru every time he is on-screen. Both he and Keira are very intense actors and that worked well for them here.

posted by alien666 on Mar 17, 2008

4bksdS

posted by Soqkrfgo on Jul 14, 2009

If you have to do it, you might as well do it right.

posted by adipex and prozac on Aug 01, 2009
 
 

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