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05/13/05
El Leyton (2002)
55 %
Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 6 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6/10
Synopsis: Fishermen and best friends Leyton and Modesto enjoy their lives working in the small port of La Caleta in Chile. Leyton is one who seems to live life day-by-day, enjoying the attention he gets from the women in town who he feels are being neglected by their husbands. Because of this, he is equally... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Juan Pablo Saez, Siboney Lo
Director: Gonzalo Justiniano
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Top Critic
Not only in its plot, but also in its male rivalry does El Leyton seem like Harold Pinter's Betrayal set by the sea.
04/15/04
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12/10/03
Top Critic
Even with all the flaws in the characters (and the filmmaking), we become intrigued.
11/29/03
The story unfolds like a particularly juicy bit of small-town gossip, one that's told by a particularly vivid storyteller.
11/21/03
Director Gonzalo Justiniano beautifully captures the fishing village but never quite captures the story.
11/21/03
El Leyton never rises above the level of a soap opera, although the steamy sex and Lo's abundant nudity might make it worthwhile for some viewers.
11/21/03
Does a fine job of building up a sense of dread as its adulterous relationship gathers steam. So it's all the more disappointing when the movie ultimately collapses.
11/20/03
Top Critic
Too bad the acting is uneven. And the ineptly done English subtitles will have you laughing in all the wrong places.
11/20/03
A sloppy but stylistically incendiary handling of mystery, thriller, suspense, doldrums-of-domestic-romance and labour fraternity tropes.
11/16/03
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