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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
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.
A simply complex, intelligent and quietly absorbing drama with just the right blend of humor, tenderness and cinéma vérité realism.
has an even less assuming sense of comedy to it but is far more consistent in its gags
If a dramatic action occurs in Lake Tahoe, a new film from Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke, you probably won't see it.
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.
Eimbcke has an undeniable gift for deftly doleful wavelengths.
So different from the usual fare that it might have arrived from another galaxy.
Top CriticEimbcke'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.
[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.
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.
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.
It ultimately sags under the weight of its bloated silences and stagnant story line.
Could be quirky enough to ensnare devotees of indie film.
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.
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.
With Lake Tahoe, Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke proves himself adept at turning a blank screen into a work of art.
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