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Little Ashes (2009)

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Reviews Counted:10

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Rotten:9

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: It has a beautiful cast, but Little Ashes suffers from an uneven tone and a surplus of unintentionally silly moments.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, language and a brief disturbing image.

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:08-05-2009

Synopsis: A romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional... A romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali arrives at the university, 18 years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university's social elite - Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Buñuel. Salvador is absorbed into their decadent group and for a time Salvador, Luis and Federico become a formidable trio, the most ultra-modern group in Madrid. However as time passes, Salvador feels an increasingly strong pull towards the charismatic Federico - who is himself oblivious of the attentions he is getting from his beautiful writer friend, Margarita. Finally, in the face of his friends' preoccupations - and Federico's growing renown as a poet - Luis sets off for Paris in search of his own artistic success. Federico and Salvador spend the holiday in the sea-side town of Cadaques. Both the idyllic surroundings and the warmth of the Dali family sweep Federico off his feet. Salvador and he draw closer, sharing their deepest beliefs, inspirations and secrets, convinced that they have found a kind of friendship undreamt of by others. It is more that a meeting of the minds; it is a fusion of souls. And then one night, in the phosphorescent water, it becomes something else. --© Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell

Starring: Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Esther Nubiola, Bruno Oro, Simon Andreu, Vicky Pena, Arly Jover

Director: Paul Morrison

Director: Paul Morrison
Screenwriter: Phillipa Goslett
Producer: Carlo Dusi, Jonny Persey, Jaume Vilalta
Composer: Miguel Mera
Studio: Regent Releasing

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In the end, it doesn’t satisfy as fact-based bio or love story, but we appreciate the effort.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
05/08/09
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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Ultimately, Little Ashes, a piece of commercial entertainment made on the other side of the twentieth century, lacks the courage of its case studies' convictions.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/08/09
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
Channel 4 Film
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The presence of Robert Twilight Pattinson in the cast of Little Ashes might generate more interest in this insubstantial drama than its meagre merits warrant.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
05/08/09
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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It's quite an achievement to make a discreet, diffident film about the rumoured love affair between tyro artists Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca - but I'll be damned if Little Ashes doesn't manage it.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
05/08/09
Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]
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Director Paul Morrison doesn’t do a terrible job on the budget, but it’s all a good deal too amateur-Brideshead to be believed.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
05/08/09
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Little Ashes is a case of too little of this and too much of that, and like the rumored affair, nothing of substance to hold on to.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/08/09
Betsy Sharkey
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
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For much of its running time, Little Ashes wavers between the polite, stuffy style of a Masterpiece Theater production and the more pointed agenda of gay indie cinema.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/08/09
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Variety
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The tangled three-way friendship of Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali­ and Federico Garci­a Lorca could make for a fascinating movie. Instead, we have Little Ashes.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/08/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Little Ashes is absorbing but not compelling. Most of its action is inward.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/07/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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All of the technical credits are outstanding; it's the diffuse script that disappoints.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/05/09
Stephen Farber
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