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Kiss or Kill (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 21  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.1/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Synopsis: A pair of sexy young grifters take to the vast, desolate Nullabor Plain of South Australia after a mark accidentally dies, and keep coming across dead people. This quick, hip road flick in the tradition of "Kalifornia" was nominated for Australian awards for best actress, best actor, and best... A pair of sexy young grifters take to the vast, desolate Nullabor Plain of South Australia after a mark accidentally dies, and keep coming across dead people. This quick, hip road flick in the tradition of "Kalifornia" was nominated for Australian awards for best actress, best actor, and best artistic direction. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Frances O'Connor, Matt Day, Chris Haywood, Barry Otto, Andrew S. Gilbert

Director: Bill Bennett
Screenwriter: Bill Bennett

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 5, 2001

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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4/5

inventive road movie

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06/29/05
Rich Cline
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This latest antipodean entry into the genre is fresh and funny, intelligent and powerful, miraculously finding new mileage within the oft-travelled staple.

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Ian Freer
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3/5

One of the best thrillers Australia's produced

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Clint Morris
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Emanuel Levy
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Makes what is familiar seem fresh.

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04/28/04
Dennis Schwartz
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A clever and lively entry from Australia than introduced the world to Frances O'Connor (A.I.).

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12/29/03
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
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Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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04/12/02
Globe and Mail
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A fresh and fast paced Australian drama about the mystery that resides in all people.

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03/01/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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Imagine Terrence Malick's Badlands done as black comedy, with the rural atmosphere of Psycho and dialogue rubbed against flint.

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02/14/01
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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A mildly promising tale of lovers on the run.

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01/01/00
E! Online
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Kiss or Kill is, after a shaky start, surprisingly good.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner
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Bennett tries to shake up the formula.

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Bruce Kirkland
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A chaotic-but-pointless exercise in mediocrity.

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James Berardinelli
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Gives the premise a few twists that make things interesting.

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Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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A cleverly disguised whodunit -- a murder mystery that looks, feels and moves unlike another other murder mystery.

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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee
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In some ways, it's a remarkable recovery for writer-director Bill Bennett, whose much-tampered-with Sandra Bullock vehicle Two If by Sea was almost unwatchable.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
Film.com
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It isn't the first hellbound road movie to end up on a nuclear testing site in the desert (there's always Kalifornia), but Bennett makes you feel as though you haven't seen it before.

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01/01/00
Maitland McDonagh
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