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06/24/06
Dot the I (2005)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:15
Rotten:44
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: dot the i starts out as a standard love triangle, but last minute revelations turn the movie into a gimmick.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Romance, Music (General), World Music
Synopsis: dot the i, a romantic thriller with a dark comedic twist, stars Gael García Bernal, who shot to fame in AMORES PERROS (Best Actor, Cannes Semaine de la Critique), Natalia Verbeke and James D'Arcy.... [More]
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Charlie Cox
Director: Matthew Parkhill
Reviews for Dot the I
Top CriticNot only strains to connect the dots, but also pretends to be some thoughtful treatise on cinema versus reality. Sadly, it's just a tired bag of tricks.
03/11/05
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09/26/05
Top CriticParkhill ... proves himself a capable handler of actors (especially with the ludicrously hot Natalia Verbeke), but his narrative could really stand to lose some tinsel.
03/24/05
... starts off intriguingly but is eventually scuttled on the shoals of plot contrivance.
03/24/05
A gimmicky first-time feature that bears all the unfortunate earmarks of an ambitious but empty directorial vision.
03/18/05
The result is funny in its way, and in line with the movie references throughout, but ultimately the viewer is not left with the necessary pathos.
04/27/03
Parkhill, far too eager to wow them in the end, has crafted a twist-is-everything scenario, evincing a sub-Mamet level of concern for plot holes or audience satisfaction.
03/29/05
If you find dense, self-conscious mystification decorated with all kinds of fashionable postmodern gimmicks more than a bit annoying, best to look elsewhere.
04/23/05
Parkhill flips on the plot twist machine, and Dot the I becomes excruciatingly ridiculous in a multitude of ways.
04/14/05
Take a long, hard look at Parkhill's film, and you'll find too many i's undotted.
05/20/05
Dark, funny, quite a thriller... It's a forgettable title (that doesn't work in English), but you won't forget the wicked fun of the movie.
04/15/05
Even when you don't believe what Bernal and the effervescent Verbeke are doing, it's fun to watch them do it.
04/21/05
More polished verbally, but alarmingly unexpressive nonetheless, Bernal appears to have learned one essential trick of the budding movie star: When floundering, flash that irresistible horndog grin.
03/10/05
Inflicts great pain on the audience by wringing its plot into a bruised and pulpy mass.
04/21/05
You watch the screen in disbelief and amazement that any aspiring auteur could so willfully undermine his own project this way.
03/01/07
...benefits greatly from the inclusion of a thoroughly unpredictable third-act twist...
11/29/06
Behind its slick veneer and the glibness of its preposterous premise and dark twists, there's a yawning absence of charm or substance in this London-set love triangle, as well as a lack of chemistry between its three leads.
03/10/05
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