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Ralph Fiennes is brilliant in this accomplished and haunting David Cronenberg film.
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Ralph Fiennes is brilliant in this accomplished and haunting David Cronenberg film.
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Ralph Fiennes plays a grown man haunted by his childhood in David Cronenberg's stylized psychological drama Spider. Upon his release from a mental institution, Spider (Fiennes) takes up residence in a halfway house. Paranoid, quiet, and forever making notes, Spider spends much of the film remembering scenes from his youth, specifically a horrific event from his childhood that occurred after he came to believe that his father (Gabriel Byrne) was having an affair on his mother (Miranda
R, 1 hr. 38 min.
May 21, 2002 Wide
Jul 29, 2003
$1.3M
Sony Pictures Classics
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This is one of the director's most accomplished films.
It's a pleasure to watch such an understated treatment of potentially sensational subject matter.
Although languid to a fault, Spider offers some payoff for those with enough patience to stick it out.
Definitely a trip into unexplored territory.
Spider isn't nearly as disturbing as it is intriguing, despite its subject matter.
Cronenberg has made a sad character study that also works as an intellectual thriller. He leaves the viewer feeling a lot like Dennis Cleg: haunted.
Pocas veces la locura ha sido retratada de una manera tan subjetiva y contundente, algo que no sorprende viniendo de la mano de David Cronenberg.
... the film's slow, toilsome journey does not lead to any particularly shocking or interesting revelations.
What Cronenberg achieves ultimately in his latest mind bender is the full-scale distraction of his audience.
Cronenberg pieces together a compelling portrait of madness, but one which lacks the poignancy to be a rich, moving character study.
Fails to connect with its audience and concludes in a contradictory and jumbled fashion.
Cronenberg remains remarkably faithful to McGrath's vision. His success lies in his willingness to give himself over to the effect and atmosphere of the novel.
This sorta over-ripe Freudianism is, like, so-o-o-o yesterday.
Ainda que o filme (refletindo o estado mental de seu protagonista) impeça um maior envolvimento do espectador, é impossível deixar de admirar a bela estrutura da narrativa e a ótima atuação de Miranda Richardson.
Im in the middle of watcing it right now, and while it is interesting it is slow and RALPH FIENNES! :( I love your vioce and you murmer throughout the whole movie, I mean I understand its his charcter but it is unfortunate. Still his performance as always is great. I curious as to how this movie will end.
January 8, 2011
Super Reviewer
I love Spider's bleakness, I love it's simplicity. It's never in your face which highlights certain important scenes brilliantly and more importantly, disturbs more convincingly. The performances were very good, Byrne in particular does a great job. Its not a typical Cronenberg film, it's not his usual style and you'd
December 6, 2010Super Reviewer
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