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02/09/06
The Monkey's Mask (2001)
43 %
Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 13 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis: Jill (Susie Porter) is a twentysomething private investigator called up by a pair of distraught parents to find their missing daughter. The trail of the missing girl, an amateur poet, leads lesbian Jill into a strange world of sleazy literary wannabes and straight into an affair with... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Susie Porter, Marton Csokas, Abbie Cornish, Deborah Mailman
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12/10/01
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06/05/08
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Don't be fooled by the packaging: at the heart of it, it's a pedestrian detective thriller that doesn't have much going for it in terms of originality.
11/18/02
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08/17/02
An uneasy mix of tired detective-movie clichés and low-key arty pretension.
06/14/02
The sex scenes between the women do little to advance the story, but they blessedly distract both Jill and the viewer from the thin narrative.
10/18/01
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10/05/01
Samantha Lang displays considerable style and assurance, with Porter and McGillis giving beautifully nuanced portrayals.
09/07/01
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You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This: If you hate poetry. It will make your prejudice seem justified.
09/06/01
The film, with lurid and kinky elements familiar to those who remember Dario Argento or Radley Metzger, provides slumming without guilt.
08/27/01
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