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By Natalie M (473) on 01 Aug 2011

Shocking, daring, funny, outrageous, completely original. Not to be missed…

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By Hussain F (1) on 14 Jul 2011

It's not badly acted, but if it's a commentary or a satire on something, it went totally over my head…

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By Buddy K (146) on 10 Jul 2011

Without question one of the....struggling for words...films i've ever seen…

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By Paul P (1,688) on 10 Jul 2011

Like a photo slide show, yet it manages to become one of the excellent samples of various genres…

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By Lydia M (93) on 28 Jun 2011

Not for all tastes but this is a beautifully shot, darkly funny, disturbing and sexy film. Michael Gambon is fantastic and menacing…

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By Raphael Y (82) on 27 Jun 2011

Um filme interessante, bem alegórico e com uma fotografia muito diferente que muda a cada cenário…

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By Alisha H (35) on 23 Jun 2011

Visuals and shocking storyline. took me by surprise…

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By Melissa . (97) on 16 Jun 2011

Well, this was the second movie in a row I've watched that was like nothing else I had ever seen before (after Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and…

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By Freddie F (103) on 14 Jun 2011

Greenaway is one of the greatest and most underrated of all film directors…

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By Sally Z (111) on 10 Jun 2011

Simultaneously gorgeous and grotesque, stunningand disturbing. Amazing use of colour…

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By Jesse B (855) on 08 Jun 2011

Can you remember a few years back, to the Pixar film Ratatouille? Do you remember the food in the film, how it was so incredibly inviting…

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By Gregory C (271) on 02 Jun 2011

I'm a little embarrassed i'd never seen this before. this is pure cinema…

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By Edith N (976) on 02 Jun 2011

I'm a little embarrassed i'd never seen this before. this is pure cinema…

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By Billie W (80) on 31 May 2011

I suppose it was good, but it was also gross and grim. Sort of like Titus, but with Helen Mirren's tits…

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By Juan V (265) on 24 Apr 2011

My only complaint is that the story is rather simple, but other than that, the film is absolutely perfect in every way…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 22 Apr 2011

Take it or leave it: Greeanway's contemporary Jacobean drama, about greed, adultery and cannibalism, is brutal, provocative and visually brilliant…

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By Fazley A (391) on 08 Apr 2011

So much use of symbols and metaphors, I sometimes mixed up which is what and what is whom…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By Sunny D (31) on 31 Mar 2011

One of the most visually impressive films I have ever seen, and Michael Gambon's performance is truly impressive. Highly recommended…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By Florence . (276) on 04 Mar 2011

O gângster Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) janta todas as noites no restaurante Le Hollandais em companhia de seus capangas e sua esposa Georgina…

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By Nathan S (826) on 28 Feb 2011

Lately, I've been stumbling upon strange and offbeat films. This surreal movie takes place at a single location of a staged-restaurant…

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