El Cortez
29 %
Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 2 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 3.9/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 6, 2006 Limited
Synopsis:
Released from a prison for insane criminals, an autistic man named Manny (Lou Diamond Phillips) heads back to Reno. Finding employment as the clerk of the Hotel El Cortez, Manny makes friends with an eclectic crew including Popcorn (Bruce Weitz), a crippled prosecutor seeking Manny's help... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Weitz
Director: Stephen Purvis
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A clumsy lump of ponderous pulp fiction with Cooler aspirations.
10/20/06 03:21 PM
Top Critic El Cortez, like so many before it, searches for that nugget in the genre mine but just doesn't find it.
10/19/06 04:01 PM
Top Critic Every 'twist' is so telegraphed that there's little suspense here.
10/19/06 01:55 PM
Top Critic
Director Stephen Purvis and writer Chris Haddock never rise above the material's inherent pulpiness, but they keep the twists coming until the very end.
10/06/06 05:59 PM
Top Critic Lou Diamond Phillips's character in El Cortez is a Reno hotel desk clerk who suffers from black-and-white flashbacks.
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10/05/06 07:11 PM
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