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Wim WendersCamera:
Phedon PapamichaelActeurs:
Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Gloria Stuart, Tom Bower, Donal Logue, Bud Cort, Julian Sands (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Los Angeles, 2000. Skinner is een FBI-agent, die de dood onderzoekt van Izzy Goldkiss, de zoon van een mediamagnaat. Deze heeft zelfmoord gepleegd door van het dak van het befaamde Million Dollar Hotel te springen. Skinner maakt kennis met diverse vaste bewoners van het hotel. Maar vooral via zijn gesprekken met de verlegen Tom Tom, die verliefd is op de knappe maar introverte Eloise, krijgt Skinner de indruk dat Izzy's dood misschien toch geen zelfmoord was. (Dutch FilmWorks)
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Psychedelic nonsense. Boring, unintentionally ridiculous in places. And I still think U2 is the best rock-pop band of all time.
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An excellent blend of the gloomy setting of the old hotel and its dejected inhabitants with great performances and a pleasant musical score. It all sounds very nice, but overall the film's plot simply failed to draw me in enough to stare at the screen with my mouth open. The potential was certainly great, but it wasn't quite tapped. Another criticism would be the longer running time. All in all, a film that stays slightly above average, thanks mainly to Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich and Gloria Stuart, but there are plenty of much deeper drama-thrillers that deserve a higher rating compared to it.
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The three stars I'm giving this are less of a rationalization and more of an rating of "satisfactory". Wim Wenders creates an atmosphere through captivating monologues and great camera work, while Mel Gibson and Jeremy Davies give their characters an incredible liveliness. However, the total disappointment for the viewer is the screenplay. Instead of a psychologically tuned game or at least a genre-unidentified combination, it simply jumps from place to place and indulges in peculiar characters. And I consider it a great sin that the much-promoted accompaniment by U2 is not used to its full potential, as it only faintly murmurs in the background, except for the opening and closing credits.
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