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Boxing Helena

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Boxing Helena (1993)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:6

Rotten:24

Average Rating:3.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Dr. Nick Cavanaugh grew up at the mercy of his mocking, sensual, and neglectful mother. As an adult, he fantasizes about women who entice, taunt, and reject him and finds the epitome of cold... Dr. Nick Cavanaugh grew up at the mercy of his mocking, sensual, and neglectful mother. As an adult, he fantasizes about women who entice, taunt, and reject him and finds the epitome of cold calculation in Helena, a one-night stand who wants nothing more to do with him. When a serious car accident leaves Helena unconscious, he takes advantage of the situation by bringing her into his home--and using his surgical skills to amputate her arms and legs. Then Nick sets her up in a box as an object of his adoration. But even boxing Helena won't get Nick Cavanaugh what he wants...and he has to keep upping the ante in a cruel psychological and physical battle. [More]

Starring: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Art Garfunkel

Starring: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Art Garfunkel, Betsy Clark, Kurtwood Smith

Director: Jennifer Lynch

Director: Jennifer Lynch

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Apr 10, 2001

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04/05/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

[An] ambitious but unsuccessful curiosity.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/08/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's probably just as well that last-minute dropouts Kim Basinger or Madonna didn't take the title role, as the presence of a star lurking powerlessly on the little platform no doubt would have been distracting and more laughable than it [is] now.

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02/08/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
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It is curious that Lynch, having taken so many visual cues from her father, has an inadequate grasp of this compassion. The paralyzing obsession that permeates many of her father’s works, on the other hand, she comprehends well.

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10/30/07
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Grotesquely misconceived.

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06/24/06
Time Out

Prior to its world premiere at Sundance, Boxing Helena, the debut of David Lynch's daughter Jennifer, was the hottest film in the festival; two hours later, the movie was dead.

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05/02/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

silly attempt at quirky drama

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10/01/05
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

Fairly provocative and not nearly as bad as critics claimed when it was released, but still intellectually half-baked.

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09/17/05
Dan Fienberg
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09/08/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com

Durante boa parte do tempo, discute de forma interessante diversos temas relativos ao amor, sexo e posse – apenas para desmoronar nos cinco minutos finais.

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02/09/05
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Quirky and underrated.

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08/05/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

What ever happened to Jennifer Lynch?

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01/21/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Engagingly morbid with moments of power--that is, until it falls apart beyond repair during its final moments.

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01/02/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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08/07/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

s. Lynch has both talent and a point. Her film is by no means the gory, exploitative quasi-pornography that it sounds like from afar.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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05/05/03
Philip Martin
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03/18/03
Joshua Tanzer
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Stupefyingly bad. Amazingly bad. Alarmingly bad.

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02/16/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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10/23/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The most ridiculous film a critic has had to sit through

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
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