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10/18/08
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Ripple Effect (2008)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:3.9/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Jul 11, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Hip clothing designer, Amer Atrash, is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searching, he attributes... [More]
Starring: Philippe Caland, Forest Whitaker, Virginia Madsen, Minnie Driver
Director: Philippe Caland
Reviews for Ripple Effect
1 - 8 (sorted by rotten rating)
Nothing more than an elongated soap opera, sans the self-awareness.
07/11/08
Thank God Whitaker is here to bring a bit of real pathos and ambiguity to his role as the spiritual guide who’s gained wisdom through adversity, because without his Oscar-winning chops, this exercise in pop mysticism would have been too painful to bear.
08/01/08
Several ordinarily banal movies soldered into one amazingly bad one.
09/24/08
Top CriticStarts with a not-very-original insight and takes too many shortcuts delivering it.
09/26/08
I understand Amer is supposed to be going through some sort of spiritual crisis here, but Caland plays him as so self-centered and precious that it's impossible to feel any sympathy for him.
07/18/08
After a bumpy start, Ripple Effect begins to show why Whitaker, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver signed on as executive producers and co-stars.
09/05/08
Kudos to writer/director/co-star Philippe Caland for crafting such a refreshingly unpredictable cautionary tale and for coaxing inspired performances from an A-list cast which inludes by Forest Whitaker, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver.
10/07/08
1 - 8 (sorted by rotten rating)
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