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Boxing Helena

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Boxing Helena (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 6  Rotten:25 Average Rating: 3.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Synopsis: Dr. Nick Cavanaugh grew up at the mercy of his mocking, sensual, and neglectful mother. As an adult, he fantasizes about women who entice, taunt, and reject him and finds the epitome of cold calculation in Helena, a one-night stand who wants nothing more to do with him. When a serious car... Dr. Nick Cavanaugh grew up at the mercy of his mocking, sensual, and neglectful mother. As an adult, he fantasizes about women who entice, taunt, and reject him and finds the epitome of cold calculation in Helena, a one-night stand who wants nothing more to do with him. When a serious car accident leaves Helena unconscious, he takes advantage of the situation by bringing her into his home--and using his surgical skills to amputate her arms and legs. Then Nick sets her up in a box as an object of his adoration. But even boxing Helena won't get Nick Cavanaugh what he wants...and he has to keep upping the ante in a cruel psychological and physical battle. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Art Garfunkel, Betsy Clark

Director: Jennifer Lynch

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 4, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical

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Grotesquely misconceived.

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06/24/06
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1/5

No review available.

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04/05/08
Cole Smithey
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1.5/4

[An] ambitious but unsuccessful curiosity.

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02/08/08
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It's probably just as well that last-minute dropouts Kim Basinger or Madonna didn't take the title role, as the presence of a star lurking powerlessly on the little platform no doubt would have been distracting and more laughable than it [is] now.

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02/08/08
Variety Staff
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It is curious that Lynch, having taken so many visual cues from her father, has an inadequate grasp of this compassion. The paralyzing obsession that permeates many of her father’s works, on the other hand, she comprehends well.

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10/30/07
Rumsey Taylor
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Prior to its world premiere at Sundance, Boxing Helena, the debut of David Lynch's daughter Jennifer, was the hottest film in the festival; two hours later, the movie was dead.

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05/02/06
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

silly attempt at quirky drama

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10/01/05
Eric Melin
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2/5

Fairly provocative and not nearly as bad as critics claimed when it was released, but still intellectually half-baked.

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09/17/05
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com
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4/5

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09/08/05
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
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2/5

No review available.

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07/07/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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3/5

Durante boa parte do tempo, discute de forma interessante diversos temas relativos ao amor, sexo e posse – apenas para desmoronar nos cinco minutos finais.

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02/09/05
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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3/5

Quirky and underrated.

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08/05/04
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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2/5

What ever happened to Jennifer Lynch?

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01/21/04
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com
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2/4

Engagingly morbid with moments of power--that is, until it falls apart beyond repair during its final moments.

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01/02/04
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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No review available.

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08/07/03
Nell Minow
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s. Lynch has both talent and a point. Her film is by no means the gory, exploitative quasi-pornography that it sounds like from afar.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/05/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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No review available.

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03/18/03
Joshua Tanzer
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Stupefyingly bad. Amazingly bad. Alarmingly bad.

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02/16/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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10/23/02
John J. Puccio
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