Review of Exotica (1994) by Richard D — 25 Jan 2017
Francis (Bruce Greenwood) visits the strip club Exotica every night and gets Christina (Mia Kirshner) to dance for him. There's clearly something deep, personal and not entirely sexual between them.
The club's DJ Eric (Elis Koteas) is Christina's former lover and has an unhealthy interest in what's going on between Francis and Christina. Francis's day job is an a tax auditor, and he's auditing the books a pet shop owned by Thomas (Don McKellar), who is hiding a lucrative smuggling business.
Thomas will get pulled into the situation in the club. Everyone in this slow, methodical psycho-drama is connected via tight circles. Francis hires his niece to babysit even though he appears to have no child .
.. how is this connected to his relationship with Christina? The club owner (Arsinée Khanjian) is pregnant ... how is this related to Christina's anger at Eric? Ultimately, almost all questions are answered, and the common link between these characters is need.
This review of Exotica (1994) was written by Richard D on 25 Jan 2017.
Exotica has generally received positive reviews.
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