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Doll Face

Original title: Dollface
  • 2021
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
2.0/10
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Robert A. Ferretti, Steven Paul, Alix Villaret, Rodney Coffee, Yvonne Maverick, Jeremiah Benjamin, Lenny Rosenberg, Tim Dax, David E. Rezaieh, Samuel Mason Paul, Patrick Hogue, Brian Armand, and Mahiro Sato in Doll Face (2021)
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When the beautiful yet timid Marmalade inherits her grandmother's palatial condo, there is an odd string attached: she must care for each and every doll in her grandmother's extensive collec... Read allWhen the beautiful yet timid Marmalade inherits her grandmother's palatial condo, there is an odd string attached: she must care for each and every doll in her grandmother's extensive collection, or lose her inheritance. Quickly, she begins to notice that something-or someone-sin... Read allWhen the beautiful yet timid Marmalade inherits her grandmother's palatial condo, there is an odd string attached: she must care for each and every doll in her grandmother's extensive collection, or lose her inheritance. Quickly, she begins to notice that something-or someone-sinister is at work as one by one, the dolls are found murdered. Marmalade soon learns that a... Read all

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    • Stuart Paul
  • Writer
    • Stuart Paul
  • Stars
    • Steven Paul
    • David E. Rezaieh
    • Alix Villaret
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.0/10
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    • Director
      • Stuart Paul
    • Writer
      • Stuart Paul
    • Stars
      • Steven Paul
      • David E. Rezaieh
      • Alix Villaret
    • 11User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Steven Paul
    • Lawyer Finnigin
    David E. Rezaieh
    • Lawyer Toboggan
    Alix Villaret
    Alix Villaret
    • Marmalade
    Jeremiah Benjamin
    Jeremiah Benjamin
    • Dr. Feverheart…
    Danny Knutson
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    Patrick Hogue
    • Gilbert
    Tim Dax
    • Doll Fixer
    Lenny Rosenberg
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    Rodney Coffee
    • Uber Driver
    Carlos Hernandez
    • Cleaning Man
    Yvonne Maverick
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      • Stuart Paul
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    3stsinger

    One weird a** movie...

    "Doll Face" is one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen. Not weird in a "Being John Malkovich" or "Eraserhead" way, weird in a "What the heck am I watching?" sort of way.

    "Doll Face" starts with young French woman Marmalade (yes, that's her name) being willed her grandmother's luxury condominium. The condition is that she must take care of all the dolls her grandmother had, and the condo is LOADED with dolls.... they are everywhere. Marmalade seems to have no problems with that, however, and takes well to living with all the dolls. But... strange things seem to start happening. It appears the dolls might be almost alive, and several dolls seem to be trying to get her to hang herself. Is she imagining things? She does seem to be seeing a psychiatrist so she realizes that's a possibility, but the dollmaker that her grandmother insisted she call if anything happens seems to be hinting about some sort of a curse so maybe it's real...

    The movie might have been creepy and interesting -- I mean, the whole place is filled with dolls and "creepy dolls" almost always work. But the writer/director used a "probably sounded better when I wrote it" idea, and maybe the most extreme example of "sounded better on paper idea" that I've ever seen. Marmalade is played by the stunningly gorgeous Alix Villaret, and in order to drive home the concept that she is "one" with the dolls, the writer/director decided to make her talk like a doll would. That is, she didn't move her lips and the voice just came out. I'm sure the effect was intended to seem like someone had pulled a string and the voice came out, but it fails hugely. First of all, it's jarring and you NEVER get used to it. Every time it happens, you sort of recoil. Secondly, the effect itself is a disaster -- her voice is clearly dubbed in a separate track and so when she has a conversation with someone, her voice is so obviously on a different vocal track that not only you have to deal with the fact that the person she's talking to seems to have no problem with her talking in sort of a disembodied voice, the voice is in such a different sound level that you want to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing. And I can't tell you who the writer/director is, because he or she removed themselves from the credits (literally, the credit is "Written and Directed by (just a bunch of smudges)".

    I can only assume that once he or she saw the film and how their idea turned out, they just didn't want their name to be involved. Without this crazy "she's just like the dolls" voice thing, it still wouldn't have been a good movie, but would have been more watchable. There would have been creepy dolls, and Alix Villaret works hard and is engaging and, as I said, absolutely beautiful to look at. But even with that, there would be issues. The ending appears to be obvious, but really doesn't meld with most that that had come before, and there's a tacked on coda that appears to be have been added to pad the movie out to 75 minutes.

    Can't recommend it, although part of me says you should watch it just to see the whole thing. Hopefully this review has given you a sense about whether it's worth it for you.
    6lindseysirera

    Dolls on Dolls on Dolls

    What can I say... I love a good campy thriller movie! If you've got a bottle of wine and an hour to kill, it's a fun watch. Makes bold choices. And the girl in it is pretty good.
    1ericawalkitout-32498

    Literally the worst.

    Every year my dad gets my siblings and I a bad movie to watch. This year, it was this movie. The lead actress (I think the only female in the whole movie), doesn't even say ONE WORD. Everyone can read her mind, I guess. Fast forward 95% of the film. Did all of these people think this movie was a good idea?
    1kaefab

    you are not dreaming this movie is for real

    Its that insane 2021 and they are still making movies like this that look like a high school project gone wrong.

    This movie was shot on a very thigh budget of 200$ for sure, very bad well everything from acting to FX.....

    Avoid at all cost.
    6r-b-larrier

    Does David Lynch the director's neighborhood?

    I have been watching movies now for about 68 years and all I can say is that I haven't seen a film this strange since "Eraser Head". I ran across this film as a Blu-Ray in A Dollar Tree store for$1.25 and decided to check it out. I was pleasantly surprised by its creativity and bizarre trappings. The opening introduces two lawyers that come across as used car salesmen than legal advisors. Then you meet the main character whose name is Marmalade and who never speaks but we can hear her speaking. A condo full of creepy dolls and puppets that seem to do strange things at night. An even creepier doll fixer who just happens to be a homeless guy with phone who works for the lawyers per deceased grandma's contract. A whacked-out Psychotherapist who is of no use to anybody. All in all, the movie is entertaining and keeps your attention. But in the end, you will be asking yourself "What the hell did I just watch?"

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      The writer and director of the film is never credited in the opening or closing credits (in the former, their name is written as a bunch of smudges on the doll name tag). This is apparently because they disowned the film and did not want to be associated with it. Despite this, Steven Paul is listed as director and writer on the back of the DVD and Blu-ray cover, even though Stuart Paul is the actual filmmaker.
    • Goofs
      There are several points in the film where you can clearly see the puppeteers hands moving the dolls around.
    • Crazy credits
      Each of the opening credits are presented as names on a doll's name tag.
    • Connections
      References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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      • April 6, 2021 (United States)
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