It's simply impossible to imagine Eric Zonca's Julia, a noirish thriller and sharp character study inspired by Cassavetes' Gloria, without Tilda Swinton, who dominates the film from start to finish.
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12/10/09
Julia (2008)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:36
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Tilda Swinton delivers a powerful performance in Julia, a tense thriller and a dark character study.
Theatrical Release:May 8, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: Tilda Swinton stars in this intense drama as Julia, an aging alcoholic who spends her nights drinking in the company of strangers, and her days making excuses for herself. Beginning in a sleek Los... [More]
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate Del Castillo, Aidan Gould
Director: Erick Zonca
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Reviews for Julia
One should hope Tilda Swinton has a good dental plan - it will come in handy when the time comes to pry out the scenery she aggressively chomps.
12/08/09
In Erick Zonca’s tense and juicy noir, Tilda Swinton plays the title role with a crusty panache matched only by her matted, flaming-red thatch of hair (a character in its own right).
12/03/09
Tilda Swinton is electrifying in this riveting, knock-your-socks-off crime thriller that is just about as intense as movies get.
09/08/09
Charles Bukowski would have loved this foul-mouthed, fiery, reckless woman. Against all odds and common sense, you will, too.
08/27/09
The plot is over-the-top, but Swinton makes you stay with the film long after the writer/director loses credibility.
08/18/09
I salute the film's bravery for rushing off at full force on its own stream-of-consciousness logic, but for me, I found the final stages perhaps a tad too far-fetched.
08/11/09
I recommend going to see it, but don't blame me when you feel like you've downed a fifth of vodka afterwards.
07/11/09
In a sense, it goes to all the places a sensitive character study might have gone, but more dramatically, convincingly and vividly.
07/10/09
Top CriticA nerve-wracking thriller with a twisty plot and startling realism.
07/03/09
Top CriticSwinton is mesmerising as a messed-up drunk.
07/02/09
a tonally-consistent, lively thriller that is very much of the filmmaker's own little corner of the world
06/16/09
This is not really sure what it wants to be, an out-an-out thriller or a character portrait, but it exels at both in parts.
05/28/09
Julia is a mix of fantasy and tragedy, with the violence amped up and the background noisy and lurid.
05/21/09
This is Zonca's second feature. His first, The Dreamlife of Angels, was extraordinary. Rent that one instead.
05/15/09
Boasts an electrifying, brave performance by Tilda Swinton and has a thrilling initial half, but eventually becomes tedious and convoluted while lacking plausibility and insight into the titular character.
05/11/09
Zonca's Julia is a difficult movie to stomach, but entirely worth the emotional unrest it puts through you.
05/11/09
We never get a good look at her demons, just the havoc they wreak.
05/08/09
Top CriticPicture Fargo played with no sense of comedy, and you'll get some idea of the absurdity of this drunken floozy, clicking and wobbling on high heels, often with bits of her anatomy hanging out, trying to pull off the perfect crime.
05/08/09
Top CriticLike any beautiful, heartbreaking wreck -- we can never take our eyes off Julia. Or the fierce and uncompromising actress bringing her to awful, astonishing life.
05/08/09
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