Bruce Greenwood,
Mia Kirshner,
Don McKellar,
Arsinée Khanjian,
Elias Koteas
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The action in Canadian provocateur Atom Egoyan's cryptic Exotica revolves largely around the strip club, which lends the film its name, a faux-tropical hothouse where young female dancers cater to the... read more
DVD Release Date: November 16, 1999
Stats: 362 reviews
A hypnotizing film. Bruce Greenwood is a re-occurring patron at a strip club, and becomes fixated on a particular girl. His motives are revealed throughout. Well made film.
One of Atom Egoyan's best and one of the best interconnected stories I have seen. The very last scene sums up my feelings for this picture. A true compelling masterpiece.
A moody, psychological study of one man's all-consuming guilt and obsessions. Francis(Bruce Greenwood), a ... read more
Atom Egoyan's brilliant and disturbing masterpiece on the power of human connection and the elusiveness of same. Egoyan was once applauded by Roger Ebert for never having created a film for commercial reasons.I applaud him for staying in Canada-YAY as most of our talent inevitabl... read more
Egoyan takes his traditional theme of the destruction of communication and applies it to a potboiler template of strip clubs, smuggling, and murder. A brilliant movie.
Yum. Elias Koteas, Don McKellar & Atom Egoyan. Great combo. I love it that you don't know what's going on until the very end, when all the strands come together. Atmospheric, powerfull film.
A thightly written screenplay with twists and turns to an unexpected (well unexpected to me at least) ending. The acting is exceptional as the story unfolded in what appears to be a disjointed timeline that in the end comes together in an eye opening conclusion. One of my favor... read more
I love the way the director sets up situations and tricks you into thinking something is going on, then it turns out to be something entirely different. Mia Kirshner is hot.
Fabulously avant-garde, great director and an example of "things are not what they seem." The last piece of the puzzle is revealed at the end where the excruciating pain of loss is revealed along with the illusion that helped to quell it. Probably one of my favorite movies along... read more
Uses its eroticism as a head trip into loneliness, alienation and desperation. Full Review
Egoyan's masterpiece -- a twisting tale of erotic obsession and hypnotic storytelling.
Egoyan's intent is not ultimately to disturb us, but to look closely at people at their wits' end, desperate, and sad, in hopes of finding absolution for them.
A mosaic-style thriller whose artful recipe is deepened in The Sweet Hereafter.
It might be set in a strip club, but Atom Egoyan's tale of loneliness, lust and jealously simmers with sensual heat.
Don't be fooled by the soft-core poster; this haunting tale of pain and memory is as good as they come.
Apparent from its ominous, opening pan is Exotica's craft - the film is deliberate and attentive, and displays action that is not apparently related or significant - at first. Ultimately, the expositi... Full Review
Demonstrates that the mystery of the human personality must be respected and even hallowed. Full Review
The director/writer (Atom Egoyan) manages to take a lot of risks in his writing, but his directing was too cautious. Full Review
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