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Tarfumes.com - The Dancer Upstairs
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Montserrat Astudillo, Javier Bardem, Marie-Anne Berganza, Juan Diego Botto, LuÃs Miguel Cintra
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BARDEM,JAVIER
EAN: 0024543088295
Format: Anamorphic
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-09-23
Running Time: 132
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Editorial Reviews:
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This taut political thriller set in Latin America marks John Malkovich's explosive directorial debut. Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem (Best Actor, 2000 - Before Night Falls) stars as legit policeman Agustin Rejas, who faces the greatest challenge of his career - to catch the leader of a terrorist movement threatening to collapse his government, while being stopped at every turn by his own corrupt superiors. As the fight becomes more ferocious, Rejas' search brings him ever closer to the guerrilla leader. But when, amidst the chaos, he falls in love with his daughter's ballet teacher (Laura Morante), Rejas must choose between his heart, his country, and his own well-being.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Malkovich being Malkovich
Comment: Whether he is in front of the screen or behind the screen, John Malkovich is my guy!
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Summary: Dissapointing
Comment: I was disappointed by this movie. Although it has Laura Morante and Javier Bardem in it, and their acting is well done, the movie itself lacks so many things it I couldn't wait for it to be over. The film is slow, tedious and somewhat boring. Also, the plot is a bit confused and convoluted. The film fails to draw the viewer in and fails to tie many many things together. Several things are never explained which left me feeling confused and unable to better appreciate this movie. I just didn't like it much.
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Summary: Really surprised at how terribly boring this film was ,especially with Bardem!
Comment: Javier Bardem is one of my favorite actors, but coupled with the flat affect personality and sensibility of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS was 135 minutes of blah,blah,blah.It shouldn't have been.This film was based on the real life events that terrorized the country of Peru back in the 1980's! What we got was a film as dead and lifeless as Malkovich's eyes and speech.This film,which has a very steamy cover to it with "An Intense Thriller" written at the bottom went no where very slowly.In the commentary, Malkovich says that he wanted to use actors who"have English as their second language".WHY John? I would have preferred that this Latin American political piece be done in original language with subtitles.But then, Italian actress Laura Morante would have had to learn another language.Even Bardem did not seem to me totally comfortable inhabiting the role of Officer Rejas,even as fluent in English as he is.
A friend from Peru explained to me what really happened during that time and all of the characters involved.That was more exciting than Malkovich's film.A COMPLETE PASS on this one!
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Summary: Masterpiece
Comment: This is a brilliant work of art. A wonderful, thoughtful, and tense story with great depth especially from Bardem. The under-stated tone makes it so much more powerful. Magnificent. Don Lessnau, Redford, MI
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Summary: one of my top 5 movies of all time
Comment: it does not get any better than this if you are an adult movie goer.
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