A messy but absorbing mystery.
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09/07/09
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
12
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:2
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.5/10
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciaran Hinds, Sinead Cusack
Director: John Boorman
Reviews for The Tiger's Tail
Amateurish technical contrivance isn't this awkward, retro failure's only deficiency.
08/06/09
The world recession has made this suspenseful film bitingly relevant beyond the local problems of the maiming of "The Celtic Tiger."
02/21/09
A real waste of a potentially interesting premise.
02/04/09
The Tiger's Tail, like Cassandra's Dream, prominently features a boat that is both symbol of financial attainment and emotional ruin; it also finds a master filmmaker defying the "show, don't tell" principle with almost crippling cynicism.
12/24/08
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10/24/08
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10/18/08
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07/07/08
Top CriticIf there's anything about the movie that really rises above the mediocre, it's Gleeson's fantastic performance.
03/24/08
An almost madcap comic pace battles with thundercloud-building drama . . . The social commentary can be earnest and bald, with the mythic overtones seemingly contrived to tumble O'Leary into the class gap on his arse.
03/20/08
Far from being a roaring, sinewy beast with a lot of bite that the title might suggest, John Boorman's latest has more in common with a lumbering white elephant.
12/07/07
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06/19/07
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06/09/07
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06/09/07
John Boorman's tale of doppelgängers in Dublin would like very much to spook us, but keeps tripping over its loose script and bizarre plot lines.
06/08/07
Not quite a car crash of a movie, Boorman's uneven black comedy is more like a fender-bender. It falls into the twilight zone between so bad it's good and so bad it's bad.
06/08/07
As tigers go, it's all growl and no teeth.
06/08/07
You get two Brendan Gleesons for the price of one in John Boorman’s Dublin-set comedy, though neither is shown to his advantage in this uncomfortable mix of social satire and over-ripe melodrama.
06/08/07
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06/07/07
Despite Boorman's subtle, suggestive direction and a nice central performance from Gleeson, this low-key thriller never quite works.
05/10/07
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