Salton Sea (2002)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:53
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: A slick Tarantino-inspired movie that is not for everyone.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Caught up in the permanent nighttime of the habitual methamphetamine user, Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) and his friends close the curtains so they can't tell what time of day it is. But while his... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzmán
Director: D.J. Caruso
Reviews for Salton Sea
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3/4 |
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3/5 |
Com boas atuações de Kilmer e D’Onofrio, o filme tem um roteiro razoável, mas sem foco. Salva-se graças ao interessante personagem principal.
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Marked by an ambitious style and solid performances, but hampered by a story that buries its primary focus until late in the game. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Is authenticity too much to ask? It's not as if the various drug subcultures don't have enough humor and tragedy built in that you need to take a detour into Fantasyland. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's a sort of rollercoaster ride through the salvaged wreckage of a hundred similar movies. Full Review |
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Lo lamento, pero este mar no me atrapó como para creerle mucho. Una cinta más, regular y nunca tan buena como el director quiere hacerla parecer, presuntuosa y pasajera... Full Review |
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4/5 |
The result is mesmerizing -- filled with menace and squalor. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...[Vincent D'Onofrio's] almost insanely entertaining performance essentially takes the film to an entirely different level... Full Review |
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2/4 |
There’s something fundamental missing from this story: something or someone to care about. Full Review |
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6/10 |
While it's all happening, it's entertaining enough, but when it's finished (in a disappointingly conventional manner), it doesn't seem to have been about very much. Full Review |
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C |
It turns out to be just another inane druggie thriller with a revenge plot. Full Review |
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A- |
Repellent yet intriguing, brutal yet funny, wicked yet strangely compassionate, The Salton Sea is more about mixing genres and styles than illuminating a credible reality. Full Review |
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By getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters, I found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Overall, this examination of manufactured corruption set against a film noirish swagger may not have the in-depth impact like contemporaries L.A. Confidential or Memento, but this Sea is certainly worth swimming in Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Salton Sea
June 07, 2007:
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According to one source, the studio has the "Wolverine" director's job down to a lead candidate ... and a backup choice. More...
March 13, 2006:
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January 27, 2006:
Caruso to Helm Spielberg's "Disturbia"
According to Variety, director D.J. Caruso ("Two for the Money," "The Salton Sea") will direct a high school thriller called "Disturbia" for... More...
July 21, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: Two for the Money
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