Holly (2007)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:14
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Despite some execution problems, Holly remains a realistic and gritty look at child sex slavery.
Theatrical Release:Nov 9, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: This heartbreaking and harrowing drama centers on child prostitution in Cambodia. A Vietnamese family sells their 12-year-old daughter (Thuy Nguyen) over the border, and an American man (Ron... [More]
Starring: Ron Livingston, Virginie Ledoyen, Udo Kier, Chris Penn
Director: Guy Moshe
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Ultimately, Holly might have been more effective as a documentary. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Despite its best intentions, Holly never achieves the dramatic clarity it needs to put its human suffering into galvanizing perspective. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Well-meaning but terminally dull. Full Review |
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It's realistic enough to admit that there's probably no way to ever completely eradicate an evil for which there seems to be such an eager demand. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Moshe and co-screenwriter Guy Jacobson use their white protagonist not cynically to exploit white guilt, but to excavate it and examine its possibilities and failings with an anthropological eye. Full Review |
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...it's easy to imagine how another director might have felt the need to switch to slo-mo and cue the violins. Full Review |
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While Yaron Orbach's camera repeatedly evokes Patrick's naïveté and yearning, the setting also remains resolutely "foreign." Full Review |
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2/4 |
The film's meandering narrative, melodramatic conclusion and underdeveloped characters overshadow the genuinely shocking abuses it condemns. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Despite a strong performance by Livingston, the film is sunk by sluggish pacing, straight-ahead plotting and an unresolved ending -- not to mention its inability to convince us that anything much can be done about sexual slavery. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Half drama, half social tract, Guy Moshe's feature debut is meant to illustrate the horrors of child prostitution in Southeast Asia. The intentions, unfortunately, are more notable than the execution. Full Review |
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Gritty and wrenching, Holly is fiction with the heart of an expose. Full Review |
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A grittily realistic picture of a very unpretty world. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There's a riveting story lurking inside Holly; It's just not the one the filmmakers want to tell.
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An unsparing look at child prostitution is a hard sell for audiences, but this movie is a memorable achievement. Full Review |
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Even if it's the story of a white guy trying to save the day, it's also just a man looking to rescue an innocent girl from a life she never chose. Full Review |
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