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06/24/06
The Underneath (1994)
44 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 8 Rotten:10 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis: With this cerebral remake of the 1949 film noir gem CRISS CROSS, director Steven Soderbergh has renounced melodrama and suspense to instead create an art film with the emotional weight of Greek tragedy. The film weaves three time frames together to tell its story. In the present, Michael... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, Elisabeth Shue, Joe Don Baker, Shelley Duvall
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One of Soderbbergh's weakest (and unnecessary) films, this exercise in film noir, a remake of the 1949 classic Criss Cross, is marred by weak dialogue and formulaic plot, again stressing the need of a gifted helmer like Soderbergh for stronger narrative
08/31/06
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Enquanto investe no desenvolvimento de seus personagens, o filme impressiona. Pena que acabe se perdendo ao insistir em várias reviravoltas pouco convincentes.
12/03/03
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04/12/02
Really enjoyable, especially if you like intricate flashbacks and multiple storylines.
02/28/02
What The Underneath lacks is the kind of emotional connection that the best film noirs have. Instead of involving, this film is distancing, too given to admiring its own shiny surface.
02/13/01
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01/01/00
Soderbergh is a talent, but he still hasn't found his groove. He seems to be searching for the project that will be a match for his talents. He needs to keep looking.
01/01/00
he movie's strong points (including some nice work by Gallagher) manage to outweigh the negatives.
01/01/00
Downbeat, laconically funny, arty (maybe a touch too arty), it's simmering, smoldering lowlife fun, like a good episode of Twin Peaks without the self-conscious weirdness.
01/01/00
As tales of sex and sinfulness go, Soderbergh's fourth film doesn't deliver.
01/01/00
Why did Soderbergh want to remake an old film noir, anyway? Take out the crime elements and flesh out the human elements here, and you have a more interesting movie, I think.
01/01/00
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