the conclusion comes across as tacked-on, padded to get the thing to feature length. That's an unfortunate way to wrap up an otherwise sweet little movie.
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05/21/08
The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
10 %
Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 1 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis: Theatrical Release: September 7, 2007 Celebrated novelist Paul Auster's (BLUE IN THE FACE) work returns to the screen with this film based on a movie mentioned in his novel THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS. In THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST, an author wakes up to find a beautiful stranger in bed with... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: David Thewlis, Irčne Jacob, Michael Imperioli, Sophie Auster
Director: Paul Auster
Screenwriter: Paul Auster
Producer: Paulo Branco, Paul Auster, Yael Melamede
Composer: Laurent Petitgand
Screenwriter: Paul Auster
Producer: Paulo Branco, Paul Auster, Yael Melamede
Composer: Laurent Petitgand
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09/15/07
Top Critic
Strained dialogue, awkward mise-en-scene and weirdly uncomfortable thesping from superlative players contribute to a drearily self-reflective conceit.
09/08/07
Top Critic
Paul Auster's suffocating romance makes you feel as if you're helplessly stuck inside the head of the most pretentious person you know.
09/07/07
Thanks to the lumbering pace of Auster's script and the lugubrious way he directs this ostensible romantic fantasy, Martin and his muse fail, miserably, to amuse.
09/07/07
What starts out as a clever exploration of consciousness quickly descends into underplotted folly.
09/04/07
A fanciful and enganging metaphysical mystery about a writer, two beauties, love and the challenges of the creative process.
09/03/07
The inner life of Martin Frost reeks of misogyny and the film that enshrines his egomania makes half-assed aspirations to Goethe.
08/14/07
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