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06/26/05
Chelsea Walls (2002)
26 %
Reviews Counted: 46 Fresh: 12 Rotten:34 Average Rating: 4.1/10
Consensus:
The meandering Chelsea Walls is more pretentious than poetic.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: The Chelsea Hotel echoes with loneliness, residents moving in and out, dreaming behind closed doors and searching for someone -- or something -- that got away. The Chelsea Hotel used to be grand, the place to live for New York City artists. Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Tennessee Williams, Arthur... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Uma Thurman, Kris Kristofferson, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Sean Leonard
Director: Ethan Hawke
Screenwriter: Nicole Burdette
Producer: Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler
Screenwriter: Nicole Burdette
Producer: Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler
Reviews
As you may know, this film is directed by Ethan Hawke. Nicely shot, well acted, fine direction, well-organized (for what it is), but short on both impact and message.
06/15/04
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09/05/03
The film apparently takes place in a fantasy world where people in hotel hallways recite poetry in voice-over instead of speaking to each other.
02/02/03
This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker, but good actors, good poetry and good music help sustain it.
01/09/03
A free-for-all of half-baked thoughts, clumsily used visual tricks and self-indulgent actor moments.
10/23/02
It's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown Chelsea Hotel ...
10/17/02
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10/07/02
'Linklater fans, or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project...'
08/23/02
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08/09/02
Pretension, in its own way, is a form of bravery. For this reason and this reason only -- the power of its own steadfast, hoity-toity convictions -- Chelsea Walls deserves a medal.
08/05/02
It is dead on the inside, never quite achieving the movements and emotional solidity the material demands.
07/20/02
Hawke's actors are a talented troupe, and even when things get self-indulgent and fuzzy-headed (and boy, do they!), interesting stuff is going on.
06/13/02
Movies like this do not grab you by the throat. You have to be receptive.
06/07/02
Top Critic
Hawke’s film, a boring, pretentious waste of nearly two hours, doesn’t tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny, pathetic, starving and untalented artistes.
06/06/02
Were Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director Ethan Hawke's strained Chelsea Walls, he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to, 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre.'
05/24/02
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