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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0065935220190
Format: NTSC
Region Code: 1
Sales Rank: 115644
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, and a startlingly coiffured Sean Penn topline this visually striking hybrid of science fiction and art-house drama from Dogme 95 co-creator Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration). Phoenix and Danes are a recently separated Polish couple in the year 2021 who find their marital troubles overshadowed by a spate of strange and ominous phenomena plaguing the Earth–-people mysteriously drop dead in their tracks, cold snaps threaten a new Ice Age, and in Uganda, citizens must anchor themselves to the ground or risk sailing off into space. Add to this confluence of oddities a subplot involving clones of Danes, a murder plot hatched by her brother, and Penn as Phoenix's eccentric sibling who periodically weighs in from a plane, and you've got an occasionally impenetrable (and not particularly romantic) picture that may baffle fans of the stars' Hollywood efforts. However, the cinematography by Anthony Dod Mantle is beautiful, and those inclined towards more eclectic movie consumption might find some chilly treats to chew on here. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - waste of life
I kept hoping it would get to the point. any point.
waste of time. wasted evening. totally stupid movie.
I love Joaquin Phoenix, and Claire Danes, that's why I got this DVD. sad sad sad disappointment. even the sexy Sean Penn was stupid to sign up for this one.
watch something better - like the Fireplace Video.
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Rating:  - "Does this all make sense? Or is it too weird?"
An apocalyptic, fantastic dream of a love story wrapped up in a hallucinatory cocktail of poetry and karma, this movie is at once thought-provoking and way too much effort, so it is bound to be a "love it or hate it" kind of viewing experience. Especially the first time around. The telling quote used as the title of this review, by the way, is from the films' writer, producer and director, Thomas Vinterberg.
OK, so people are dying in the streets of NYC from lack of love, the world is ... Read More
Rating: - It's all about nonsense
Truly awful! I'd say this is one of the worst, if not the worst movie I've ever seen. I was tired when I started watching this, and couldn't figure out why I was perceiving no story and terrible acting, it was like a bad dream. I gave it 20 minutes before fast forwarding purely just to see if Clare would 'get her kit off' to warrant the R16 rating, but alas there was no redemption. I saw the comparisons to "Vanilla Sky" and "Lost in Translation" on the back of the DVD. Ha ha, that's rich! Vanilla Sky ... Read More
Rating: - Worst movie I've seen since... well mabey ever
Description said, "In 2021 a man discovers that his estranged wife has been cloned while unexplaned phenomenon threaten all life on earth." Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn. All in all it sounded interesting.
WRONG! This movie has actually hurts my brain. It looks pretty, cinematography gets an A. Everything else is downhill. People are dropping dead from "lonliness in their hearts" all over new york, there's some sort of coming ice age theme running in the background and early on ... Read More
Rating:  - Off the wall
To be sure, this is one of the most bizarre films I've ever seen. If you like TWILIGHT ZONE type movies, you may find this one worthy of a look. However, even if you do like TZ, this one may yet be a bit too out in left field.
The casting is terrific, with Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn. Claire Danes is perfect for her part in that she can mimic a puppet in certain scenes. The direction is solid and the film is well-done.
The problem I have with the film is ... Read More
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