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Ararat (2002)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:10
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Though Ararat radiates intelligence, its impact is diminished by an overly intricate plot and cerebral style.
Theatrical Release:Nov 15, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $1,378,159
Synopsis: ARARAT, Atom Egoyan's mysterious drama about the horrors of the largely unknown Armenian genocide in Turkey, unrolls through a film within the film (also titled ARARAT). Jumping back and forth in... [More]
Starring: David Alpay, Charles Aznavour, Eric Bogosian, Brent Carver
Director: Atom Egoyan
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Reviews for Ararat
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07/21/05
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02/21/04
Top CriticEgoyan's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement, and, if you'll excuse a little critical heresy, too intellectually ambitious.
03/14/03
Top CriticIn a strange way, Egoyan has done too much. He's worked too hard on this movie.
11/27/02
Top CriticGiven the convoluted approach -- and tongue-tied delivery -- we're left to conclude that Egoyan's emotions got the better of him this time.
11/27/02
Top CriticHas the obsessiveness and audacity of a film that had to be made or its filmmaker would have combusted.
11/27/02
Top CriticOnly the most patient, sensitive and sensible of viewers will cut through the film's affectations and indulgences to come to the point.
11/27/02
Top CriticPart impassioned history lesson, part reflection on the way entertainment distorts history, part extension of [Egoyan's] previous explorations of how desire and need distort our sense of self.
11/27/02
Top CriticEgoyan's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view, but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose.
11/27/02
Top CriticBefore long, you get Egoyan's big idea -- and it's hardly a good one. He wants to turn the movie screen into a blackboard.
11/27/02
Top CriticYou can quibble with excess characters and storylines, but the cumulative effect is strong and emotionally accurate.
11/26/02
Top CriticIn the end, Ararat has enough artistry and intelligence -- and enough commitment from Egoyan, producer Robert Lantos and company -- to justify more than a higher-than-mixed rating.
11/26/02
Top CriticHas its moments -- and almost as many subplots.
11/15/02
Top CriticA pertinent powerfully intelligent account of the morality of making history.
11/15/02
Top CriticHardly makes the kind of points Egoyan wanted to make, nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build, to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world.
11/15/02
Top CriticThe metaphors are provocative, but too often, the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery.
11/15/02
Top CriticThe Armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment.
11/15/02
Top Critic[A] difficult, dense, passionate drama.
11/14/02
Top CriticHands down the year's most thought-provoking film. But it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship.
11/14/02
Top CriticLatest News for Ararat
September 07, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: Where the Truth Lies
From Atom Egoyan, director of "Exotica," "The Sweet Hereafter," and "Ararat," comes Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, and Alison Lohman in the already... More...
August 22, 2005:
Egoyan's "Truth" May Lie with an NC-17
ThinkFilm, distributor of the new Atom Egoyan film "Where the Truth Lies," plans to appeal what they believe will be an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, says The Hollywood... More...
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