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11/20/07
Donkey Skin (1971)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 16
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Jacques Demy takes his unique and musical vision to the world of fairy tales in this fantastical film. Based on a story by Charles Perrault, DONKEY SKIN takes place in an amorphous medieval kingdom... [More]
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle
Director: Jacques Demy
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An odd but charming combination of a number of fairy tales, blended with anachronistically modern touches and mixed up with adult themes disguised in the form of mythic euphemisms.
11/14/07
Even on paper this couldn't have seemed such a terrific idea.
02/09/06
Donkey Skin is told with the simplicity and beauty of a child's fairy tale, but with emotional undertones and a surrealistic style that adults are more likely to appreciate.
08/11/05
Top CriticNo review available.
07/04/05
If you see just one film with a donkey that craps gold and jewels, see this one.
06/04/05
No review available.
05/20/05
There's plenty of disguised sex in Donkey Skin.
05/09/05
There's plenty of disguised sex in Donkey Skin.
05/09/05
[B]ursts with wild colors, a simmering sexuality, and a Broadway-style score... this is a sumptuous experience, emotionally, visually, and aurally...
04/05/05
It's both innocent and bizarre, with a mischievous sense of fantasy marked by simple but striking cinematic magic.
02/10/05
Even if the restoration doesn't make Donkey Skin this New Wave icon's best effort, it's now that much more worthy of keeping company with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort.
01/14/05
Top CriticTuneful, colorful, delightful.
01/06/05
An ironically enchanting entertainment for grown-ups.
12/23/04
Top CriticDemy loved romantic naïveté, but he loved the wreckage of human whim just as much, and for him this chestnut harbored both in its shell.
12/21/04
Top CriticDemy creates a surreal dream world that is estranged from the reality of time or place.
03/29/04
No review available.
07/30/02
It doesn't come off, despite a dazzling color design and imaginative sets, perhaps because Demy's extremely rarefied talent for fantasy needs to be anchored by a touch of the real.
01/01/00
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