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The Aura (2006)

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Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:40

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.5/10

Consensus: The Aura is a highly original and cerebral thriller that maintains its suspense from start to finish.

Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: In his elegantly conceived second feature, The Aura, Fabián Bielinsky (Nine Queens) both furthers his exploration of film form and creates a complex genre film firmly rooted in character. Espinoza... In his elegantly conceived second feature, The Aura, Fabián Bielinsky (Nine Queens) both furthers his exploration of film form and creates a complex genre film firmly rooted in character. Espinoza is an introverted taxidermist perfectly suited to solitary, meticulous work. Though private and unassuming, he's remarkably observant–an attribute that lends itself to masterminding perfect robberies...in his head. After his wife leaves him, Espinoza accepts a friend's invitation to go hunting in Patagonia. When an accidental death presents him with the chance to pull off a real heist, Espinoza naďvely places himself in the center of a scheme to rob an armored van. Unlike those in his imagination, however, this is a real crime with real criminals. As a heist film, The Aura sports a shrewd, serpentine plot, and Bielinsky allows us the fun of trying to arrange puzzle pieces on our own. But he also never lets go of his preoccupation with character and crafts a style that's airy and contemplative; The Aura's gorgeous, deliberate visuals are almost hypnotic. Espinoza is a fascinating protagonist, a quiet, opaque man who suffers from epilepsy. The "aura" refers to the eerie, frozen moment before a seizure when Espinoza knows it's coming but can do nothing about it. It's one of a handful of intertwining metaphors and themes that give The Aura a satisfying sense of wholeness. -- © Sundance Film Festival [More]

Starring: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedron, Jorge D'Elia

Starring: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedron, Jorge D'Elia, Alejandro Awada, Walter Reyno

Director: Fabian Bielinsky

Director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producer: Mariela Besuiveski, Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero
Composer: Lucio Godoy
Studio: First Take (IFC)

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Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
05/13/09
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/07/09
Jonathan Holland
Jonathan Holland
Variety
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Tense and twisty, this is what thrillers should be about.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
06/13/08
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

I have to admit I was more than intrigued by a film featuring an epileptic taxidermist with a photographic memory who fancies that he can commit the perfect crime.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
10/20/07
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
05/12/07
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It's intriguing and absorbing, this thriller about a lonely taxidermist caught up in a shooting accident, a case of mistaken identity and a heist.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
03/19/07
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

This character-heavy crime thriller from Argentina occasionally gets off track, straying into territory that has little to do with the main story line. But they are interesting digressions, and it's sort of nice to have a movie that's so unpredictable.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
03/16/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A startling psychological drama with plenty of unexpected twists, a worthy follow-up [to] Fabian Bielinsky['s] riveting debut Nine Queens.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
03/16/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

A fuzzy attempt at significance that seems as aimlessly lost in the woods as its heist-plotting characters.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/09/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

A delight to look at, and full of both beautiful music and beautiful silences.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/09/07
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

With "The Aura," his final picture, the director adopts a moody atmosphere to convey an original heist thriller set in the mysterious Patagonian forests.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
03/09/07
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

It's less a deconstruction of the heist film than an ambitious contemplation of our fascination with the genre...

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
03/01/07
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The movie is cause for both rejoicing and despair. The good news it's an absorbing, intelligent film. The bad is that there will be no more from the gifted [late director] Bielinsky.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
03/01/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It's tough to get behind a character who doesn't even seem to care about himself.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment 1 Comment
02/28/07
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Visually, the film is almost perfect, with a weird, expressionistic sensibility considerably more sophisticated than the low-fi street shooting of Nine Queens, while the imaginative piano score trickles between pastoral harmony and primal discord.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
02/03/07
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

A haunting character-study-cum-crime thriller that marks the maturation of a significant filmmaking talent.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
02/02/07
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

The flavor is a decidedly mournful one, unusual to find in a crime thriller, but adding layers of rich atmosphere and psychological depth to a familiar but nerve-wracking genre tale.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
01/25/07
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

The Aura is richer and less showy than Nine Queens, and it lifts off from the gangster genre to contemplate deeper mysteries. Reminiscent of Antonioni's The Passenger in its obsession with fate and choice.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/13/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

A somber mood of bleak lives is enhanced by muted colors. The many unusual aspects keep The Aura continually intriguing.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/13/07
Ed Scheid
Ed Scheid
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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