It's Jagger's bone-dry, mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite.
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10/04/02
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
The weirdest thing about The Man from Elysian Fields is that the actors... manage to overcome the bad writing with solid performances.
10/04/02
It's ultimately difficult to, er, get excited over this wobbly and obvious tale.
10/04/02
Lasker's canny, meditative script distances sex and love, as Byron and Luther ... realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter.
10/04/02
A deft morality play about a self-destructive writer who is transformed after a disastrous fall that affects his career and his marriage.
10/03/02
The real crime in Elysian Fields is that it completely misses more compelling stories.
10/03/02
After an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly, sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be, you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be.
10/02/02
Top CriticAll of the elements are in place for a great film noir, but director George Hickenlooper's approach to the material is too upbeat.
10/02/02
Full of glib pretensions ... and under the mistaken impression that self-pity is attractive and philandering says nothing about the philanderer.
10/01/02
If The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness, it is also elevated by it--the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you’re one of the lucky few who sought it out.
10/01/02
Andy Garcia enjoys one of his richest roles in years and Mick Jagger gives his best movie performance since, well, Performance.
09/27/02
An elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication.
09/26/02
Top CriticA sharp, smart and robustly engaging film about a man at the end of his rope and his struggle to avoid hanging himself with it.
09/26/02
Despite its dry wit and compassion, the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing.
09/26/02
Garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work.
09/26/02
Andy Garcia in a terrific, restrained performance as a writer who takes a gig as a gigolo to make ends meet (so to speak).
09/18/02
The cast ... keeps this pretty watchable, and casting Mick Jagger as director of the escort service was inspired.
07/30/02
The whole is less than the sum of its wonderful bon mots.
07/29/02
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