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Apartment Zero

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Apartment Zero (1988)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:15

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The proprietor of a Buenos Aires revival-house cinema meets an American "free spirit;" and before long, he has agreed to let the stranger board in his flat, which is decorated with pictures of... The proprietor of a Buenos Aires revival-house cinema meets an American "free spirit;" and before long, he has agreed to let the stranger board in his flat, which is decorated with pictures of movie stars. Although the theater owner obsequiously vies for the American's affections, he becomes aware that unexplained murders have been taking place in the city, and that his lodger may not be exactly what he seems. As their relationship develops, both men attempt to discover who the other one is, and what he is striving to attain. [More]

Starring: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Liz Smith, Dora Bryan

Starring: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Liz Smith, Dora Bryan, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, James Telfer, Mirella D'Angelo, Juan Vitali, Francesca Daloja, Miguel Ligero, Elvia Andreoli, Marikena Monti, Cipe Lincovsky

Director: Martin Donovan

Director: Martin Donovan

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Feb 20, 2007

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Maybe it's no surprise that the decade in which AIDS reared its ugly head produced an astonishing number of films concerning dangerously repressed homosexual protagonists.

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05/05/08
Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
PopMatters

Donovan's bizarre, riveting thriller surely belongs on any list of the best "movies you've never heard of."

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/16/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A victory of style over substance, with crisp direction and a pair of remarkable performances carefully obscuring a very shaky screenplay.

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02/20/07
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
EDGE Boston

Part psychological drama, part serial killer mystery and part black comedy, [it] isn't for the casual viewer; but if you like your horror on the peculiar side you'll gladly open the door to Apartment Zero.

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01/31/07
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com
N/R

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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Time Out

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Michael Szymanski
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08/04/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

Stylish but strange

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Emanuel Levy
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06/12/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

It pretends to be a psychological-political melodrama but plays like the work of a dilettante; that is, the work of someone who wants to make movies, has the means to make them, but doesn't, as yet, know what he wants to make them about.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
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New York Times
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Daniel M. Kimmel
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03/22/04
Rich Cline
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Shadows on the Wall

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12/26/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Apartment Zero is a psychological drama that is part black comedy and part erotic thriller.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
N/R

The film is so leisurely paced and low-key, and perhaps a bit too vague when it's trying to be enigmatic, that it becomes boring.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Creepy and original.

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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A minor skid for Donovan is sure-driving for too many others.

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Desson Thomson
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Washington Post
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It gets your attention, makes you laugh and passes the time for a while.

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