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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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One of the funniest dramas you'll ever see.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/12/01
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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05/05/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An infantile piece of psychosexual mumbo-jumbo.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Robert Faires
Robert Faires
Austin Chronicle

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

No review available.

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

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

No review available.

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

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

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
John Hartl
Film.com
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What ever happened to Jennifer Lynch?

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

No review available.

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

Quirky and underrated.

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08/05/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Stupefyingly bad. Amazingly bad. Alarmingly bad.

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

No review available.

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08/07/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

The most ridiculous film a critic has had to sit through

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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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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
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You

No review available.

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03/18/03
Joshua Tanzer
Joshua Tanzer
Offoffoff

Extremely disappointing.

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01/01/00
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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

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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
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