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12/06/05
Cleopatra's Second Husband (2000)
52 %
Reviews Counted: 25 Fresh: 13 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Consensus:
Critics say Cleopatra's Second Husband is unappetizing to watch and moves too slowly. Also, you don't care what happens to the characters.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: Robert Marrs (Paul Hipp) is about to give a whole new meaning to the phrase remote control. A lonely, weak-willed photographer, Robert gives in to everyone's desires except his own. His domineering wife Hallie (Bitty Schram) has literally commandeered their love life with dispassionate... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Paul Hipp, Bitty Schram, Boyd Kestner, Radha Mitchell, Alexis Arquette
Director: Jon Reiss
Screenwriter: Jon Reiss
Producer: Jill Goldman, Jon Reiss, David Scott Rubin, Jacqui de la Fontaine
Screenwriter: Jon Reiss
Producer: Jill Goldman, Jon Reiss, David Scott Rubin, Jacqui de la Fontaine
Reviews
It becomes a quite interesting tale of co-dependency, and the illusions of control people can construct in their lives.
12/08/02
A tough thriller to find enjoyable or completely satisfying no matter how well crafted the story is by writer-director Jon Reiss ...
10/15/02
The execution of [Reiss's] nightmare ultimately moves too slowly to make this late-blooming freak-out worth waiting for.
01/01/00
Jon Reiss's script has trouble finding its footing, and the plot progresses in awkward jerks.
01/01/00
Startling in its originality, and while it's only 93 minutes long, the movie feels epic in its scope, thanks to all the twists and turns.
01/01/00
Brutality, poison, torture and other rainy-day fun rules the day and makes this somewhat derivative film an unhinged, sicko treat to watch.
01/01/00
It's a bitter pill to swallow, featuring a quartet of unsympathetic characters and an unrelenting air of misanthropy.
01/01/00
Taking a branch off the (early) Neil LaBute tree of filmmaking, Jon Reis has planted a fashionably disturbing offshoot, fertilized with heavy doses of "Rod-Serlingesque" irony
01/01/00
For anyone who doesn't mind being exposed to something a little dark and unsettling, Cleopatra's Second Husband offers 90 minutes of intriguing cinema.
01/01/00
Top Critic
The story is so oddly executed that it frequently seems weird for weirdness' sake.
01/01/00
One of those potentially interesting movies that takes its sweet time getting to the point -- by which time many audience members will likely have bailed out or dozed off.
01/01/00
The transition isn't as smooth as it might be, but Reiss ... pulls it off better than you might expect, and Robert's revenge is genuinely chilling.
01/01/00
Unlike its Hollywood kin ... this scene from the class gurgle has the courage of its convictions -- which are misanthropic enough to make Neil LaBute wince.
01/01/00
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