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Overall Grade: C-
Story: D-
Acting: B
Direction: C
Visuals: D+
Relentless Agony
by markmadsenmvp (movies profile) (Apr 4, 2006)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
In the beginning of the film "Asylum" we get a nice peak into what we think will be an interesting film. There's a psychitrist's wife, Stella, who's stuck in a pre-fem... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: B+
Acting: A-
Direction: A-
Visuals: A
Gloomy Tale of Frustration, Love, and Deceit
by nycchen (movies profile) (Sep 29, 2007)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
"There is something sinister in the power of love, which, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices." --Joseph Conrad, <<Nostromo>> This movie is ut... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: D+
Acting: C+
Direction: C
Visuals: A-
An Interesting Movie that loses pace
by Sutnop81 (movies profile) (Jul 27, 2006)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
IT starts out very well and interesting. The main character Stella is a wife coming from a at the time modern family with new believes about womens rights and equality.... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
Brilliant Movie!!!!!
by mariataubert (movies profile) (Apr 11, 2006)
4 of 7 people found this review helpful
I SAW "ASYLUM"!!!!!!!! The movie is breathtaking. Marton Csokas (Kingdom of Heaven, LOTR) performance is oscarworthy. You cry half of the movie. The story is absolutly am... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: C-
Acting: B
Direction: C-
Visuals: C
DREARY!
by t.kirby@sbcglobal.net (movies profile) (Nov 12, 2007)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
What a tortoise paced melodrama this one is! One might as well slash their wrists after the first half hour, with still 70 minutes to endure! Natasha Richardson, a rich,... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
Entertaining By A Lot.
by mhrncar2001 (movies profile) (Apr 4, 2006)
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Asylum, a movie that tries to be very entertaining, and suprisingly does become very entertaining, by the work of director,David Mackenzie, and producers, David Allen,Mic... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A
Visuals: A+
Beautiful and haunting...
by kittyinlove07 (movies profile) (Oct 22, 2007)
I was surprised to discover this movie on the DVD shelf... I was not aware of it when it first came out. I read the novel by Patrick Mcgrath years ago and was moved by... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: B+
Tragic and Complex
by brightidea_webdesign (movies profile) (Sep 5, 2006)
The romantic thriller ASYLUM stars Ian McKellen, Natasha Richardson, and Marton Csokas. McKellen, of course, played Gandalf in all three Lord of the Rings films, but als... Full Review

Overall Grade: B-
Story: B-
Acting: A-
Direction: A-
Visuals: A
Good but a bit too superficial
by guilhaume771 (movies profile) (Apr 25, 2006)
Good story but lacks of deepness. I wish we had seen more of the relation between the patient and the wife. Some parts of the story are are not credible. Since when a ps... Full Review

Overall Grade: C+
Story: B
Acting: A-
Direction: B-
Visuals: C
Richardson's well-acted performance leads lack
by maurice_freeman_iii (movies profile) (Apr 4, 2006)
1 of 4 people found this review helpful
WELL-acted and atmospherically directed by Britain's David Mackenzie ("Young Adam"), "Asylum" is a psychological thriller requiring substantial suspension of disbelief.... Full Review
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