Christina Ricci,
Cate Blanchett,
John Turturro,
Johnny Depp,
Harry Dean Stanton
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In this historical drama with music, a gifted singer (Oleg Yankovsky) from a Jewish village in Russia travels to the United States in 1927, leaving behind his young daughter Fegele (Claudia Lander-Duk... read more
Directed by: Sally Potter
Release Date: September 22, 2000
DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
Stats: 1,100 reviews
This is a fairly basic Nazis = bad film. There's not much in the way of political acumen, and the characters and their storylines never escape from basic types. The acting is good until the characters begin the worst lip synching in film history. Potter's dialogue is fairly st... read more
Really good movie. Depp and Ricci have a really intsense love scene. Depp tends to look at her longingly for a good 2/3s of the film. But I'll forgive..he's lovely. And Blanchett does a really flighty portrayal of a early 20th century gold-digger. All in all..great story of pers... read more
The actors in this film constantly look as if they're befuddled, doing their best to interpret Sally Potter's obtuse writing and directing style.
Hard to understand what some of the characters are saying or singing and a little slow in parts.
Gloriously flamboyant and emotionally camp exploration of cultural assimilation. Christina Ricci is fabulously passive and unmoved by proceedings as is an equally understated Johnny Depp. Cate Blanchett chews scenery with panache, and Sacha Vierny's camerawork is exquisite.
Johnny definitely didn't have a big enough part. I felt like his talent was wasted in this movie. It was a good story, but the acting was just so so.
i watched this movie last week....and thought it was good....sad tho but good
Haunting Film about learning ones True Identity.Christina Ricci is Wonderful in this, but Johnny Depp as the Gypsy & Cate Blanchett as the Beautiful Russian Showgirl/Gold Digger is Breathtaking .As Well as John Turturro as the Opera Singer, who I have often noticed is Multi-Talen... read more
Potter eschews drama for posing, politics for postulating, and provides enough symbolic broad strokes to gag a magic realist. Full Review
It's as though we're being dared not to take the movie seriously, although nothing but the pre-Holocaust setting compels you to do so. Full Review
So campy and overripe that it verges on parody. Full Review
There's only one performer in the movie who looks completely at ease with what he's doing: the horse. Full Review
If [Potter] personally, in her 40s, can go to Argentina and become a tango dancer, then we can't complain about anything that happens to Suzie. Not that we'd want to. Full Review
A poetic look at transience, betrayal, loss and doom. Full Review
The story is pretty cornball, with an ending that can only be called pure Hollywood.
A mixed bag -- reasonably well-made and of some interest, but not the kind of movie to truly engage the viewer. Full Review
What she lacks as a dramatist, Potter ... compensates for with a painter's eye and a composer's ear.
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