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4.1/10
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A man returns to New York after years in exile to save the girl he loves.A man returns to New York after years in exile to save the girl he loves.A man returns to New York after years in exile to save the girl he loves.
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Zoe Lister-Jones
- Rebecca
- (as Zoe Lister Jones)
Emily Tremaine Fernandez
- Cindy
- (as Emily Tremaine)
Fred Arsenault
- Man with Bowtie
- (as Freddy Arsenault)
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- TriviaOn the opening title card the word iridescent is misspelled with 2 Rs.
- GoofsWilliam offers Ann a glass of water and he then gives her a glass that is almost empty with barely a few of sips of water in it which she puts up to her lips. After William sits down, Ann takes a drink from the glass which now is half full of water.
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Title Card: The iridescent lipstick of the Kyoto geisha when seen in the dim light of a candle... / Jun 'ichiro Tanizaki / 'In Praise of Shadows'
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"When you need me to do something, you ask, I assume this is how this works." After a man called "William" (Franco) get caught lifting a stranger's cell phone, he gets recruited by the local mob boss (Lucas). While being asked to do simple little jobs "William" meets a beautiful woman, and his life changes. Going in I was expecting more of a gangster movie then this. Most of the movie consists of "William" walking around to voice over. This is a very, very slow moving movie, that in a few places seems to go nowhere. It is not a bad movie, but it has the feel of a foreign/art house type movie, and most people are not into this type of thing. If you are looking for an absolutely independent movie with big actors this is what you are looking for. If you want a great gangster movie full of action, this is not it. I would call it a little like "Public Enemies" without all the action sequences. Not that bad, not that good. I give it a C.
Would I watch again? - I don't think I will
Would I watch again? - I don't think I will
- cosmo_tiger
- Jun 6, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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