When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger's sex life, it already has one strike against it.
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12/13/02
The Man from Elysian Fields (2002)
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Reviews Counted:70
Fresh:36
Rotten:34
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: This story about a gigolo isn't plausible or compelling enough.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS is a daring and stylish morality tale featuring seductive star turns and brilliant, biting dialogue. Andy Garcia plays Byron Tiller, an impoverished writer who becomes... [More]
Starring: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, Olivia Williams
Director: George Hickenlooper
Reviews for The Man from Elysian Fields
Hickenlooper seems unsure what he wants his film to be. Is it a mid-life crisis film? Is it a marriage-in-trouble film? Or is it really classy neo-porn lite?
12/06/02
If you can look past the leaps in logic and take it in as a morality tale about the consequences of unprincipled affections, then Elysian Fields can offer its share of blissful moments.
11/29/02
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11/28/02
I would have enjoyed Elysian more if the filmmakers had tried to ease off the dramatic fireworks and just let the characters and their dilemmas naturally progress.
11/27/02
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11/18/02
The direction, by George Hickenlooper, has no snap to it, no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism.
11/14/02
Prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality, Jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment.
11/14/02
...would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie's edges.
11/14/02
Funny and, at times, poignant, the film from director George Hickenlooper all takes place in Pasadena, "a city where people still read."
11/14/02
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11/03/02
Pompous and garbled.
11/01/02
A rare comedy of manners, witty, wicked and worldly, and one of the best movies of the year.
11/01/02
Top CriticMoves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured.
10/31/02
A pointed, often tender, examination of the pros and cons of unconditional love and familial duties.
10/27/02
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10/26/02
Everything about the production is tasteful and carefully modulated -- but there's no spunk here.
10/25/02
Only the charm and attractiveness of the cast keeps this movie from the remainder bin.
10/23/02
The Man From Elysian Fields is a cold, bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves.
10/22/02
May not be perfect but must be given credit for all that it does right.
10/18/02
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