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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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Grotesquely misconceived.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

[An] ambitious but unsuccessful curiosity.

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

Quirky and underrated.

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08/05/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

The film is superficial and silly, unsuccessful in all of the various tones she attempts.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The most ridiculous film a critic has had to sit through

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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04/05/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.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
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com

Extremely disappointing.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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

It's just not a particularly good motion picture.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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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
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Helena might have been salvageable as a so-bad-it's-good camp goof -- if only it weren't so boring.

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01/01/00
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
Washington Post

Fenn's slow-motion fountain-bathing scene looks like an over-the-top TV commercial, the cop-out finale is a film-school cliche, and the male characters are so one-dimensional and pathetic that the movie could inspire a Men's Action Coalition.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
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Film.com
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10/23/02
John J. Puccio
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No review available.

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03/18/03
Joshua Tanzer
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)

There are some problems with this story, but it does show promise for Lynch.

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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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
TheMovieReport.com

No review available.

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09/08/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
 
 
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