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Novo (2002)

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The nature of love and memory and how the two sensations interrelate are explored in Jean-Pierre Limosin's 2002 film Novo. Office worker Graham (Eduardo Noriega) suffered a head injury that destroyed his ability to maintain long-term memories. Falling in love with the forgetful Graham, temporary office secretary Irene (Anna Mouglalis) takes the opportunity to engage Graham in a sexual relationship that feels like the beginning of a hot romance -- with plenty of adventurous sexual encounters

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Jean-Pierre Limosin

Written By: Christophe Honor�, Jean Pierre Limosin

In Theaters: Jul 8, 2005 Wide

On DVD: Nov 22, 2005

IFC Films

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Critic Reviews for Novo

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While its provocative theme clearly has dramatic and comedic possibilities, the film mostly fails to realize them, content to provide a series of erotic encounters with plenty of opportunities for its lead performers to undress.

October 28, 2005 Comment

Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

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Playfully sexy.

September 23, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

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Sleek, attractive and ultimately vapid, Novo applies to sex and love the concept of short-term memory loss used to such acute dramatic effect in Memento.

September 20, 2005 Comment

Stephen Holden

New York Times

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Limosin's elliptical narrative, meant to correlate with his protagonist's blank-slate mind, instead plays as desultory and just plain confused.

September 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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James Crawford

Village Voice

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Despite its philosophical pretensions, the film is fairly lightweight, and its good-looking cast and sleek production values are more memorable than any of its heady themes.

September 21, 2005 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Ken Fox

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Groundhog Day for the randy or 9 1/2 Weeks reduced to 9 1/2 hours

September 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

It's Memento as a Eurotrash sex comedy.

September 18, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

It's not hard to be charmed by lead actor Noriega.

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: BBC

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Matthew Leyland

BBC

Taking a cue from Memento, Novo positions a flesh-and-blood man's short-term memory as a kind of moral invisibility cloak.

June 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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Memento with more tits, but with less brains.

February 25, 2008

Tsubaki Sanjuro

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OK...time to vote! Ready?? Candidates for sexiest short term memory loss guy - Guy Pearce in Memento or Eduardo Noriega in Novo. Hands down...I'm here to tell you...Eduardo Noriega. Now...if we're talking which movie is better...well, Memento by a long shot. Novo had it's moments. You definately feel for the

July 25, 2007