A clumsy lump of ponderous pulp fiction with Cooler aspirations.
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10/20/06
El Cortez
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Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 2
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 3.9/10
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... [More]
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Top CriticEl Cortez, like so many before it, searches for that nugget in the genre mine but just doesn't find it.
10/19/06
Top CriticEvery 'twist' is so telegraphed that there's little suspense here.
10/19/06
Somehow, El Cortez is stronger than its component parts.
10/10/06
Top CriticDirector 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
Stick with Hitchcock.
10/06/06
Top CriticLou Diamond Phillips's character in El Cortez is a Reno hotel desk clerk who suffers from black-and-white flashbacks.
10/05/06
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