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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:8
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.2/10
Theatrical Release:May 1, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie. One day Yvan catches... [More]
Starring: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy
Director: Bouli Lanners
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Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they’re not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian landscape rather than some Hollywood Shangri-La.
Top CriticA clutter of unwelcome quirks and left-field developments.
Eldorado was named best European film in the directors' fortnight last year at Cannes.
Top CriticAvoids a formulaic ending, reflecting instead on the impermanence of human connections and the inescapable baggage of the self.
Top CriticHas a somewhat witty and absurdly funny first half, but, at midpoint, it loses its dry humor and abruptly turns darker and feels too rushed, dull and contrived.
One could only hope to find such succulence in austerity. Credit the bold helmer and the lead actor Bouli Lanners for having the courage to put himself into the minefield of acting and directing. He is superb at both.
Eldorado is fueled by the chemistry between Lanners and Adde. They're so good together, they should make a sequel.
Top CriticA road movie that poignantly juggles absurdism and melancholy.
Top CriticSmall but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy.
Top CriticLanners’s preference for po-faced Continental quirk eventually wears out its welcome.
Lanners's film is smart and confident enough to acknowledge that certain lives are dead ends, while others get tired of just spinning their wheels.
Top CriticWhat ultimately prevents Eldorado from generating any serious comedic energy is absurdity ... that feels unduly strained and limp.
This slight, road-trip of a movie could qualify as the Belgium Tourist Office's anti-product-placement picture of the year.
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