Sarah Polley,
Robert Burke,
Helen Mirren,
Julie Christie,
Baltasar Kormákur
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Beauty meets the Beast, and neither is sure just what to make of the other, in a modern-dress comic variation on the ancient folk tale, written and directed by the eternally offbeat Hal Hartley. Beatr... read more
DVD Release Date: July 9, 2002
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May 30, 2011Robert Burke is brilliant as the monster as is his makeup; Sarah Polley plays against him very nicely; director/composer Hal Hartley's score is a masterpiece; the rest of the film however is a frustrating mess of worthless subplots and underused castmates all rolled up into a lac... read more
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September 11, 2010This is a well written story made on a shoe string budget. All the character are well developed and there are some beautiful shots of Iceland. The story is about of an immortal rock like creature who has lived since the world was formed. He watched animals evolve to the current p... read more
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July 2, 2008I found the main characters inconsistent. A lot of things in the film seem to be have no point. I just didn't get it.
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June 15, 2011Another misfire by Hal Hartley... I love his work up to and including Henry Fool, but unfortunately everything that followed is barely watchable and just plain not funny.
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October 20, 2009A young journalist takes her first assignment to investigate the disappearance of a film crew who went looking for a monster in Iceland. She discovers the monster who killed and dismembered the crew along with many other people. He is ancient and immortal, but very distraught. Sh... read more
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June 23, 2008Hal Hartley movies are not for everyone. He has a way of making actors behave and deliver lines in a way that just seems slightly off. Normally I would hate that sort of thing but with him it totally works. Not one of his best but still rates up there.
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January 28, 2008Weird and odd but I loved it. Hal Hartley can't do no wrong. So far that is. Loved Burke as the Monster.
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July 29, 2007Inconsistent characters and story. Aside from a couple of really nice scenes and symbolism, I don't understand what the point of the movie is.
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May 16, 2007To all aspiring writers- U CAN'T JUST TELL P-PUL THE CONTEXT OF THE MOVIE AND ITS CONFLICT. IT MUST BE VISUAL AND FLOW NATURALLY THROUGH THE MOVIE! I turned it off w/ in 10 minuets. really bad music 2.
Critic Reviews
April 10, 2002
Rex Reed, New York Observer
April 5, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
No Such Thing may be far from perfect, but those small, odd Hartley touches help you warm to it. Full Review
March 29, 2002
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Everything's serious, poetic, earnest and -- sadly -- dull.
March 29, 2002
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
By the end of No Such Thing the audience, like Beatrice, has a watchful affection for the monster.
March 29, 2002
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Hartley never gets a firm grasp on this material. Full Review
March 29, 2002
John Anderson, Newsday
What [Hartley] wants, and gets, is a fablish mood. Full Review
March 29, 2002
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Much as I value independence in art, it's possible for a filmmaker to crawl so far onto his own wavelength that he loses touch with everything else. Full Review
March 29, 2002
Megan Turner, New York Post
Laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany.
March 29, 2002
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable. Full Review
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