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Drawing Restraint 9 (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 27
Rotten:20
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus: Some of the images are striking, if confusing, but the film is unbearably slow and tedious.
Theatrical Release:Mar 29, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Matthew Barney teams up with Bjork for DRAWING RESTRAINT 9. In this highly experimental film in the style of Barney's CREMASTER cycle, Bjork also provides the soundtrack, making it essential... [More]
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10/02/07
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09/29/07
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09/28/07
A work as vast, monstrous, and mysteriously graceful as a whale.
09/25/07
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07/12/07
Conventional storytelling may not be Barney’s thing, but he has a superb cinematic eye, an incredible imagination and the wherewithal to make his visions happen.
03/09/07
However enigmatic this all might be, there is no denying that Barney has assembled some rivetingly beautiful images.
03/01/07
Drawing Restraint 9 belongs to an endangered species of experimental film that walks the line between challenging and alienating its audience.
09/08/06
Top CriticOffers no restraint on the writer/director's penchant for weird esoterica.
08/25/06
A refreshing break from mind-numbing Hollywood movies, but it may fail to win you over
08/12/06
What is undeniable is that this, even more than Barney's previous work, is a film of outrageous, startling ingenuity and beauty.
08/07/06
It is a series of lyrical ambiguities filtered through the prism of Japanese religious and whaling cultures that defy literal interpretation even as they are sculpted into physical significance.
08/04/06
Throughout, Barney drowns the screen in arresting images ... that nail your eyes to the screen.
07/08/06
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06/24/06
Hugely tedious...this turgid, opaque, whale-obsessed fiasco might be described as one big, festering hunk of blubber.
06/13/06
Drawing Restraint 9 is Barney again creating something tenaciously abstract, but this time the result is more serene and approachable.
06/06/06
You're either on the boat or off the boat with something like this. But for those willing to brave the open water, it's an awe-inspiring ride.
06/02/06
Sitting through the film's tedious unfolding can be an interesting mental exercise.
06/01/06
Top Critic...suffers from the loss of experiencing Barney's visual imagination for the first time.
05/27/06
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