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Ripple Effect

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Ripple Effect (2008)

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Reviews Counted:7

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Rotten:5

Average Rating:3.9/10

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Hip clothing designer, Amer Atrash, is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searching, he attributes... Hip clothing designer, Amer Atrash, is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searching, he attributes his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed fifteen years ago and sets out to right this wrong, experiencing a spiritual awakening in the process. [More]

Starring: Philippe Caland, Forest Whitaker, Virginia Madsen, Minnie Driver

Starring: Philippe Caland, Forest Whitaker, Virginia Madsen, Minnie Driver, Kali Rocha, John Billingsley

Director: Philippe Caland

Director: Philippe Caland
Screenwriter: Philippe Caland
Studio: Monterrey Media

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
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Kudos to writer/director/co-star Philippe Caland for crafting such a refreshingly unpredictable cautionary tale and for coaxing inspired performances from an A-list cast which inludes by Forest Whitaker, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
10/07/08
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

Starts with a not-very-original insight and takes too many shortcuts delivering it.

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09/26/08
Neil Genzlinger
Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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Several ordinarily banal movies soldered into one amazingly bad one.

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09/24/08
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Village Voice

After a bumpy start, Ripple Effect begins to show why Whitaker, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver signed on as executive producers and co-stars.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
09/05/08
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

Thank God Whitaker is here to bring a bit of real pathos and ambiguity to his role as the spiritual guide who’s gained wisdom through adversity, because without his Oscar-winning chops, this exercise in pop mysticism would have been too painful to bear.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/01/08
Josh Rosenblatt
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

I understand Amer is supposed to be going through some sort of spiritual crisis here, but Caland plays him as so self-centered and precious that it's impossible to feel any sympathy for him.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
07/18/08
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Nothing more than an elongated soap opera, sans the self-awareness.

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07/11/08
Adam Clement
Adam Clement
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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