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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 CriticAs much as it tries to be a smart, postmodern indie film, dot the i is pure Hollywood fluff.
08/18/05
While stylishly done, Parkhill's script isn't nearly as clever as he thinks it is, and the sucker punch near the end lacks, well, punch.
04/28/05
So in love with its own inventions and convolutions that it ignores all plausibility and audience acceptance.
06/25/05
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09/26/05
Top CriticHere's something you don't find everyday! An original film superbly acted!
03/11/05
Begins as a romantic comedy, turns into romantic thriller, then collapses into a sick and illogical self-reflexive noir. If this sounds even vaguely exciting, I promise it's not.
04/01/05
At times it's a romantic comedy, at others it's a dark thriller, and sometimes it's a mangled crash of elements.
04/01/05
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04/02/05
Top CriticThe 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
“Dot the I” wants to join the ranks of “Memento” and “The Usual Suspects,” films that reward multiple viewings, but it's so ridiculous that it doesn’t sustain a first.
06/09/05
The movie not only scatters undotted Is and uncrossed Ts in its wake, but unsquared circles, unfactored primes, unrisen souffles and unconsummated consummations.
04/14/05
Top CriticLet me know if you figure it out.
04/14/05
Barnaby's game -- or, rather, director Parkhill's -- is, at best, a draw.
03/02/05
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05/26/06
The material is amateur and the movie ultimately forgettable.
03/25/05
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
It plays like the last paragraph of one of those Encyclopedia Brown stories, where the solution is an unknown twin brother or the wrong-sized footprint.
04/15/05
Dot the I doesn't suffer from a lack of skill. Rather it becomes a lesson in the pitfalls of moviemaking that runs on cleverness and too little else.
04/15/05
The term 'terrible' not only describes what happens to the characters, it also describes the brain-numbing sensation of having to sit through this movie.
07/23/05
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