An offbeat droll black comedy that worked for me in the Zen way it made its seemingly simple tale poignant and compelling in such a unique way.
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11/08/09
Lake Tahoe (2009)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7/10
Rated: 12A
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:26-06-2009
Synopsis: Teenage Juan crashes his family’s car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an... [More]
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Reviews for Lake Tahoe
1 - 16 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
If you're patient -- the beautifully composed wide-angle camerawork helps -- the reason for the protagonist's down-in-the-mouth behavior emerges, and finally from the languor comes a sweet little payoff.
08/07/09
Eimbcke's world -- sun-baked and lazy and almost devoid of activity or adults -- may seem aimless and pointless, but he manages a delightfully complete wrap-up and payoff.
07/30/09
Fortunately, Eimbcke's laconic if fanciful storytelling strengths ring more true than his somewhat artificial and hackneyed visual style, which includes a penchant for lengthy wide-angle shots that make the world look like a feverishly alien place.
07/23/09
If a dramatic action occurs in Lake Tahoe, a new film from Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke, you probably won't see it.
07/15/09
A simply complex, intelligent and quietly absorbing drama with just the right blend of humor, tenderness and cinéma vérité realism.
07/11/09
With Lake Tahoe, Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke proves himself adept at turning a blank screen into a work of art.
07/10/09
Could be quirky enough to ensnare devotees of indie film.
07/10/09
So different from the usual fare that it might have arrived from another galaxy.
07/10/09
Top Critichas an even less assuming sense of comedy to it but is far more consistent in its gags
07/09/09
Inspired by a childhood accident that befell director Fernando Eimbcke soon after his father’s death, this low-key character study is a beguiling paradox of Mexican suburban splendor masking personal grief.
07/08/09
Coming down from the Saturday sugar rush of his 2006 comedy Duck Season, Mexican auteur Fernando Eimbcke's lovely, Yucatán-set dramedy drifts by on a similar deadpan wave of static vignettes and lingering pauses that must be 10 months pregnant.
07/08/09
Eimbcke has an undeniable gift for deftly doleful wavelengths.
07/06/09
Lake Tahoe confirms Embicke as a promising young talent, but simultaneously raises some worries that he's only able to offer a small, singular form of pleasure.
06/24/09
It ultimately sags under the weight of its bloated silences and stagnant story line.
06/11/09
[Eimbcke finds] warmth, humor and grace in these ragged environments. Once we learn the cause of Juan's malaise, images we've already seen take on extraordinary significance.
05/18/09
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