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Bulgarian Lovers (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 18

Fresh: 10

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 5.7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Apr 30, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: Daniel (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) is a middle-aged, gay man who comes from an established family and lives a charmed, middle-class existence. He is a "regular" of Madrid's gay bar scene sometimes... Daniel (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) is a middle-aged, gay man who comes from an established family and lives a charmed, middle-class existence. He is a "regular" of Madrid's gay bar scene sometimes hunting for good-looking, young foreigners. At one of these bars, he meets Kyril (Dritan Beba), a hunky 23-year-old Bulgarian. After a night of animalistic passion, Daniel is under his Eastern European spell. Wild, reckless and slightly dangerous, Kyril seems to turn Daniel's conservative and rather predictable life upside down. With each sexual encounter with his Bulgarian lover, Daniel is pulled deeper into Kyril's web of nefarious activities. Can Daniel meet the challenges of his brand new lover or has he bitten off more than he can chew? -- © TLA Releasing [More]

Starring: Fernando Guillen-Cuervo

Starring: Fernando Guillen-Cuervo

Director: Eloy De La Iglesia

Director: Eloy De La Iglesia
Studio: TLA Releasing

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Has a verbal wit and tang to it, which set it quite above most gay film fare in literary terms.

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01/04/07
David Noh
Film Journal International
N/R

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07/21/05
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11/07/04
Don Willmott
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cold and calculating, but it’s a life

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11/04/04
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

Well acted, and its Faustian dynamic of mutual exploitation would be absorbing enough, but as Kyril draws Daniel into ever shadier situations, the film loses its tone and devolves into absurd political farce.

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09/10/04
Joe Brown
San Francisco Chronicle
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...hackneyed and dull...

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08/21/04
David Nusair
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08/08/04
Film Journal International
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Slightly better than some recent skin-deep gay- and lesbian-themed movies.

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06/25/04
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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These Bulgarians might be nice to look at, but they have no depth - kind of like this movie. So I was entertained on the surface level, who needs depth anyway,

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06/11/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Shows that Mr. De la Iglesia's long absence hasn't dulled his sense of stylish, cinematic storytelling.

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06/10/04
Charles Ealy
Dallas Morning News
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Garish, frenetic, but curiously dull...suffers from a serious case of the cutes, a disease that in this case proves fatal.

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06/10/04
Frank Swietek
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The screenplay contains enough witty elements to lift it above the average sex farce.

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06/03/04
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Won't leave you disappointed, but it may leave you hungry for something more substantial.

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06/01/04
Gabriel Shanks
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05/26/04
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
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Sly, swift, succinct -- and very sexy.

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05/13/04
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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A witty, unsentimental class comedy.

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05/12/04
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly

De la Iglesia's years of filmmaking experience are obvious in the film's formal touches.

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04/30/04
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

As Daniel is drawn deeper into Kyril's web of shady business dealings, the film completely loses its way.

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04/30/04
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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Bulgarian Lovers observes the interplay of sex, power and money with a cool, amused attitude and a fine sense of social detail.

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04/29/04
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Full of charm, entertaining enough as it unfolds, good looking, but not especially memorable in retrospect.

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04/27/04
David Stratton
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