RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Check out the new RT Community
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Box Office
  • | In Theaters
  • | Opening
  • | Upcoming
  • | Best Of
  • | Certified Fresh
  • | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
Movies / On DVD / Day Night Day Night
Day Night Day Night

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Add to List
  • Get this Movie
  • Buy Poster External Icon
Bookmark and Share

Day Night Day Night (2007)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
70 %
Tomatometer
Template ImageTemplate Image

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

Reviews Counted:43

Fresh:30

Rotten:13

Average Rating:6.6/10

Consensus: Day Night Day Night is a minimalist drama that refuses to indulge in stereotypes, making it all the more realistic and chilling.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 11, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with no accent; it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision -- she has... A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with no accent; it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision -- she has made it already. We don't know whom she represents, what she believes in - we only know she believes it absolutely. The film strips the story down to its existential core. It focuses on microscopic movements, the smallest gestures, an economy of banal details. Inspired in part by a story in a Russian newspaper and playing off a history of Joan of Arc films, the film transpires on the girl's face. The minimalism of the face is confronted with the visual and aural noise of the city. Faith comes face-to-face with the possibility of failure. --© IFC Films [More]

Starring: Luisa Williams, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Gareth Saxe, Nyambi Nyambi

Starring: Luisa Williams, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Gareth Saxe, Nyambi Nyambi, Tschi Hun Kim, Frank Dattolo, Annemarie Lawless

Director: Julia Loktev

Director: Julia Loktev
Screenwriter: Julia Loktev
Producer: Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin
Studio: IFC Films

[See More Credits]

  • Trailers
  • Pictures
  • Trailer
    >
1 of 1

See More Movie Trailers & Pictures

Get This Movie

Rent DVD
 
 

Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.

 
 
Buy DVD
 
 
Release:

Oct 2, 2007

No Details Exist
 
 

Reviews for Day Night Day Night

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date)
Text View | 1 2 3 >> >|
Arrange By:Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
 
 
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

In the end, we're left just as much in the dark as we were in the beginning of the film as to what motivates such a young woman to give up her life.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/01/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The Day of the Jackal meets The Rapture in a bathtub full of barbiturates.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/05/08
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

den dikaiologei bebaia ton enthoysiasmo me ton opoio petaksan tis kilotes toys arketoi fanatikoi tis afairetikis kinimatografisis ana ton kosmo toy anaksartitoy, alla oyte prepei na perasei aparatiriti, esto kai san sporadika epityhimeni kai akribis.

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
05/16/08
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

It is small of scale, budget and even of intentions. But like any act of the unthinkable, it looms large in the imagination.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
09/20/07
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Loktev creates a minimalist study of unfathomable faith.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
08/10/07
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

Unfortunately this portrait of a young woman on the eve of her first terrorist foray -- a bombing of Times Square -- replaces the knee-jerk patriotic bluster of Hollywood films with its own postmodern cliches.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/10/07
Richard M. Porton
Richard M. Porton
Chicago Reader
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

The kind of movie that is far more interesting and edifying to read about and discuss than it is to actually sit through.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/10/07
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

In striving to nail down every excruciating detail of how an attack might take place, Loktev squanders forward momentum.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
07/18/07
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

For 94 mesmerizing, narratively minimalist minutes Russian born filmmaker Julia Loktev pushes post 9-11 buttons. The result is a masterfully crafted exercise in dread unlike anything you’re likely to have seen before.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
07/17/07
Rick Kisonak
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

The film is beautifully built and has moments of terrifying tension. If it can't quite find a way to end, it nonetheless makes vivid work of the time it takes.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
06/08/07
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

An unflinching look, uncomfortably up close and personal, at a young woman determined to go through actions that we know must end badly.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
06/01/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

The film's format and style dictate that she has to hold our interest throughout, sometimes without dialogue.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
05/31/07
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Julia Loktev's movie never explains the suicide bomber or makes her strange in order to ease your own mind. Rather, it makes you nervous both for and about her.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/30/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

All in all, it’s a creepy subject for a movie -- especially when there is no payoff at the end.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
05/23/07
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
05/19/07
Los Angeles Daily News

This is Filmmaking!

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
05/19/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Entertainment Insiders

For something completely different, controversial subject matter (New York bombing) combines with seamless set/surroundings to project a set of abstract images and a marginally successful experimental adventure.

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
05/15/07
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

Efforts to universalize this story by avoiding specifics ends up making Day Night Day Night broad and blank, reducing the lead character to one more generic nutcase for us to fear and pity. And isn't the anonymity of bombers precisely the problem?

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
05/12/07
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

never gives us a simple why

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/10/07
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date)
Text View | 1 2 3 >> >|
all

Latest News for Day Night Day Night

September 27, 2007: An Osama drama drenched in paranoia. Opens in new window
More...

May 10, 2007: Critical Consensus: "28 Weeks" Is Bloody Good, "Georgia" Doesn't Rule, "Ex" is Axed, Guess "Delta" Tomatometer!
This week at the movies we have zombies ("28 Weeks Later," starring Robert Carlyle), family conflict ("Georgia Rule," with Lindsay Lohan and Jane Fonda),... More...

April 27, 2007: Trailer & Poster review Opens in new window
More...

See All

More DVDs

Close
Top Rentals
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
15% 15% The Ugly Truth
98% 98% Up
36% 36% G.I. Joe: The Rise of …
52% 52% The Taking of Pelham 1…
45% 45% Ice Age: Dawn of the D…

More Rentals…

New On DVD This Week
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
36% 36% Angels & Demons
68% 68% Funny People
25% 25% Four Christmases
45% 45% Shorts

More New Releases…

See All

RT On Current TV

The Rotten Tomatoes Show on Current TV

DIRECTV 358 | Comcast 107 | DISH Network 196 | More...

Learn how you can be part of the show

More...

What’s Hot On RT

Avatar

Avatar

Watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes video!

Friday Harvest

Friday Harvest

This week's best pics, posters, and videos!

RT's Gift Guide

RT's Gift Guide

Give the best movies, gear, and more!

What to Watch?

What to Watch?

Read our Holiday Movie Preview!

Other News

Close
  • Top Stories
  • Popular
  • Interviews
 
 

Comments

 
 
Top Stories
Headlines Comments
  
  • Disney Restructuring Has Broad Implications Source: Los Angeles Times
2
  • Joel Silver Talks Ninja Assassin, Sgt. Rock, Lobo, and More Source: Collider.com
1
  • Weekly Ketchup: Idris Elba cast in Thor, more Spider-Man 4 rumors
94
  • Idris Elba Joins Thor Source: Hollywood Reporter
112
  • Jackass 3D Coming in 2010? Source: Collider.com
32
  • 6 Reasons 'Twilight' Is Doomed Source: The Wrap
63
  • Forbes Names Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors Source: Forbes
20
  • Chris Weitz Says He's (Almost) Done with Directing Source: Film School Rejects
26
  • Spider-Man 4 Casting Rumors Multiply Like Rabbits Source: Deadline Hollywood Daily
51
  • McTeigue Says Superman Is "In a Weird Place" Source: MTV
204
Popular
Headlines Comments
  
  • Critics Consensus: New Moon Wanes
129
  • Tomatometer Watch: Will Twilight's New Moon Dazzle?
96
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: New Moon Shatters Records
90
  • Total Recall: Star-Crossed Lovers
73
  • Five Favorite Films with Werner Herzog
50
  • Weekly Ketchup: Idris Elba cast in Thor, more Spider-Man 4 rumors
47
  • RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Star Trek, Bruno, and Cheaper Sopranos
32
  • Friday Harvest: New Moon, Avatar, and more!
28
  • Eric Bana talks Love the Beast - RT Interview
8
  • Ho, ho, ho! It's RT's Great Big Gift Guide!
0
Interviews
Headlines Comments
  
  • Eric Bana talks Love the Beast - RT Interview
8
  • Fight Club Sound Designer Reflects on Film's 10th Anniversary
19
  • James Schamus talks Taking Woodstock - RT Interview
6
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview
15
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus
16
  • Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
8
  • Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film
28
  • Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel
28
  • Duncan Jones talks Moon, Sam Rockwell, and Mute
14
  • Emma Stone talks Zombieland - RT Interview
41
 
 

Sponsored Links

Around The Network

  • Day Night Day Night at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Day Night Day Night at IGN

Fresh Links

Featured
Star Trek DVD Exclusive
Star Trek DVD Exclusive External Link

TECHLAND gives us a first look at the extras, including Leonard Nimoy's last day on set!

The New Cult Canon
The New Cult Canon External Link

AV Club looks at a beloved cult classic, Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness.

New Moon Portraits
New Moon Portraits External Link

TIME offers us a closer look at the characters from the latest Twilight film.

Unsexiest Men Alive
Unsexiest Men Alive External Link

Moviefone lists their choices for the least attractive men in Hollywood.

Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Follow RT on Twitter External Link

Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!

 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Games| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive | Green Pixels


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.