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Apartment Zero (1988)

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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 1

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A withdrawn Beunos Aries movie buff develops an unusually charged relationship with his new roommate in this off-beat psychological thriller. Reclusive and demanding, movie theater owner Adrian LeDuc is none too happy when circumstances force him to share his apartment. His outlook begins to shift, however, when he meets Jack Carney, a confident charmer with movie star looks. Adrian is both strangely attracted to and resentful of Jack, and the two form a sometimes awkward, often unspoken bond.

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Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Feb 20, 2007

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for Apartment Zero

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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.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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A minor skid for Donovan is sure-driving for too many others.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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It gets your attention, makes you laugh and passes the time for a while.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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Stylish and intriguing mystery tale made on a low budget

June 27, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

It remains intriguing even when it sort of derails in the final reel.

July 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: PopMatters
Brian Holcomb
PopMatters

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

March 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
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.

February 20, 2007 Full Review Source: EDGE Boston
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.

January 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Horror.com
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

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

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Creepy and original.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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odd but with excellent performances by two fine actors.
June 16, 2007
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jay nixon

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This is a neat little flick that you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere else but Flixster. A big treat for Colin Firth fans, where he plays his usual affected, stuffy British self until a delightful little turn in the last half hour or so. The plot is original and inventive, though it gets sidetracked way too easily worrying about a bunch of side characters who ultimately end up being unimportant. When the main storyline is actually resolved, you realize that very little has actually happened throughout the movie.

Further, that main storyline can be poorly explained sometimes. I didn't really understand the whole army subplot at all, or even why the killer was acting as he did. I don't know if it was the director's intent or not, but it was confusing.

Apartment Zero does do a lot of things right, though, including a strong tone, awesome settings and some very good performances - not to mention the ridiculous sexual tension. This movie is the biggest tease ever, seriously.
May 8, 2007
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Drew Smith

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