Review of Infamous (2006) by Allen Z — 15 Jul 2007

Fantastic film that turned my carpet into dancing white-chocolate mice! Beautifully shot, wonderfully paced, funny, camp as a bag of feather bowers, funny, charming, painful...great film!

This review of Infamous (2006) was written by Allen Z on 15 Jul 2007.

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