Review of Twentynine Palms (2003) by Manohla Dargis for Los Angeles Times — 07 Apr 2004
Embedded between all the sex and sunlight are some woefully underdeveloped ideas about American militarism and masculinity. Dumont doesn't bother to develop these ideas, principally because he seems to think it's enough to arrange his characters like puppets and tear off their heads.
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This review of Twentynine Palms (2003) was written by Manohla Dargis and published by Los Angeles Times on 07 Apr 2004.
Twentynine Palms has generally received mixed reviews.
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