Artsy but unconvincing. November keeps viewers guessing, but not in a good way.
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08/22/05
November (2005)
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Reviews Counted:75
Fresh:23
Rotten:52
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Murky and too artsy for its own good, November ends up being a case of style with little substance.
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Thriller
Synopsis: This stylish thriller, which was shot on mini-DV in only 15 days in guerilla manner, displays a moody aestheticism and cohesive vision that suggests a bigger budget. The claustrophobic interiors,... [More]
Starring: Courteney Cox-Arquette, Anne Archer, James LeGros, Michael Ealy
Director: Greg Harrison
Reviews for November
Abstract and obtuse...
08/21/05
The lack of proper resolution to the story is more vexing than intriguing.
08/19/05
Essentially a student film that happens to star some big-name actors.
08/19/05
Full of twists and turns and strange developments, but it's frustrating to try to figure out where it's headed.
08/19/05
Does not provide enough 'clues' to Sophie's emotional background to make us care whether or not she survives the trauma of 7/11.
08/19/05
Best approached and appreciated as a puzzle that can be completed in various ways and a reminder that memory, like images, can be fixed, but not always trusted.
08/19/05
In the gritty psychological thriller November, a gutsy Courteney Cox puts a world of distance between herself and her lightweight 'Friends' image.
08/18/05
Too artsy for its own good.
08/18/05
November is the real deal, subtle and scary and touching and profound and unforgettable all at once.
08/13/05
Ambiguous in a satisfying, puzzling sort of way.
08/12/05
Who lives? Who dies? Who cares.
08/12/05
More a psychology experiment than a film.
08/12/05
A detective investigating the shooting comments on some photos that pertain to the case: 'It's a shame. They're almost too arty for their own good.' The same can easily be said about November.
08/11/05
...spends much of its time replaying scenes with different outcomes, never indicating which is reality, a dream, a memory or just plain dress rehearsal.
08/10/05
A profoundly irritating and meaningless experience... can we please stop making this same movie over and over again, already?
08/09/05
It's supposed to look stylish, a film noir... but a psychological thriller cannot live by mood and atmosphere alone.
08/06/05
Excruciatingly, the film disgorges its crime and variations of it again and again. We'd prefer more detective work and less of what plays out as a grisly loop.
08/05/05
Whatever we think one minute is utterly meaningless, without connection, the next.
08/05/05
Director Greg Harrison seems more interested in pretentiously highbrow visual effects than developing a compelling narrative during November, his convoluted, ineffective psychological thriller.
08/04/05
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