Lou Diamond Phillips's character in El Cortez is a Reno hotel desk clerk who suffers from black-and-white flashbacks.
Comment
10/05/06
Rate this Movie 
El Cortez
29
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
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]
Get This Movie
Reviews for El Cortez
1 - 7 (sorted by rotten rating)
Every 'twist' is so telegraphed that there's little suspense here.
10/19/06
El Cortez, like so many before it, searches for that nugget in the genre mine but just doesn't find it.
10/19/06
A clumsy lump of ponderous pulp fiction with Cooler aspirations.
10/20/06
Top CriticStick with Hitchcock.
10/06/06
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
Somehow, El Cortez is stronger than its component parts.
10/10/06
1 - 7 (sorted by rotten rating)
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review 
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
40 Best Films of the 2000s
Last week, Moviefone offered us their worst films of the 2000s. Now see their 40 best!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds