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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 10 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Synopsis:
Acclaimed Canadian director Denys Arcand's witty comedy focuses on the marriages and affairs of eight intellectual friends. The group has plans to gather at a secluded house for dinner. While the four men prepare the food and reflect on their promiscuity, the four women discuss their own... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Dominique Michel, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal, Genevieve Rioux, Pierre Curzi
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05/24/03 08:19 AM
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instead of being wickedly funny, it's repellent before becoming a total snore
08/20/06 07:25 PM
Give Empire credit for giving Woody Allen a run for his money in '86, but its force has all but vanished today.
10/10/04 02:39 PM
Asks all the right questions about the sexual revolution and makes some interesting connections between eros and middle age.
08/26/04 02:43 PM
There's very little plot in Decline of the American Empire...but when the dialogue is this good and the characters this compelling, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
11/30/03 08:18 AM
Através de suas conversas casuais (embora com efeitos estudados), os personagens deste filme estabelecem um vivo retrato das relações humanas – especialmente do sexo, claro.
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11/07/03 01:52 PM
Arcand's message might not be the happy, happy, joy, joy we have come to expect from our movies but he does shed some truth, no matter how hard it might be to digest.
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