Poison (1991)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 10 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Synopsis: In director Todd Haynes's feature film debut, POISON, three stories, each told in their own unique cinematic style, illustrate the lives of a people living outside the fringes of "normal" society. There is HERO, the pseudo-documentary about a seven-year-old boy who kills his own father;... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Norman, Scott Renderer, James Lyons
Director: Todd Haynes
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03/31/08
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A very tough, queasy film, but extremely powerful and a strong feature debut for Haynes.
11/20/07
Todd Haynes' first feature-length picture...is not a particularly good movie regardless of what the Sundance Film Festival says.
06/28/07
Haynes' brilliant feature debut is a triptych of visually divergent episodes, each set in a wolrd dying of panicky fright. Of the three tales, my favorite is "Horror," a poignant parody of b/w movies shot in slightly exaggerated noir vein.
10/09/06
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02/09/06
A mysterious, funny, sexy, and scary triptych; each film works beautifully on its own, and even better in relation to the others.
08/17/03
The overall effect shows a born director following his creative instincts fearlessly.
07/22/03
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05/20/03
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The stories don't really work together, and Haynes attempts to compensate by intermingling them, trying to force viewers to see patterns.
02/28/02
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01/09/02
Poison clearly establishes Todd Haynes as a major talent with a sharp eye for visuals and subtle and intelligent screenwriting skills
06/27/01
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