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| 24 Frames Per Second |
"Peter Greenaway's movie '8 ½ Women' doesn't pay homage to the Fellini classic so much as use it as inspiration for its own meditations on the nature of excess." more... |
| Cinema Sense |
(Copper) "Obtuse sexual shebang, interesting imagery, signifying almost nothing." more... |
| culturevulture.net |
"Although [Greenaway] has advocated an 'infinitely viewable cinema,' '8½ Women' is exasperating instead of stimulating – it demands multiple viewings without inviting them. more... |
| E! Online |
(grade: C) "...things tend to get a bit uncomfortable. Which might not be a bad thing if there were some kind of decent story here." more... |
| Evening Standard |
"For some - for most - it's too much by three-quarters." more... |
| Film Journal International |
"The controversial director's latest project is provocative, but lacks his usual brilliance." more... |
| Film Threat |
"The Greenaway completist will need to view this work but it's no place for a novice." more... |
| indieWIRE: The New David Lynch -- Sentimental, Sweet, Gentle, and Touching |
"What makes this film strong...is the underlying theme and script." more... |
| inside out film |
(1 out of 5 stars) "For all their artistry and daring, Peter Greenaway's movies are cold. His latest is also boring." more... |
| Nitrate Online |
"The film is impeccable on a visual level, with Sasha Vierny, a longtime colleague on Greenaway's films, again doing the cinematography, and with some subtle and cunning manipulations and desaturations of the images for effect." more... |
| PopMatters |
"Peter Greenaway reminds me of Madonna. After close to 10 years of making records, videos, and movies designed to shock people, Madonna finally got a parental warning sticker on her 1992 album 'Erotica.'" more... |
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