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Duck Season (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 71

Fresh: 64

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 7.1/10

Consensus: This modest cinematic slice-of-life manages to subtly capture many small but resonant and truthful moments of adolescence.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and some drug content

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Mar 10, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $141,235

Synopsis: With DUCK SEASON, writer/director Fernando Eimbcke lovingly brings a touching tale to life. Shot in black-and-white and on a minuscule budget, Eimbcke's film is a slice-of-life comedy that takes... With DUCK SEASON, writer/director Fernando Eimbcke lovingly brings a touching tale to life. Shot in black-and-white and on a minuscule budget, Eimbcke's film is a slice-of-life comedy that takes place over the course of one day in a Mexico City apartment. Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Catano) are two bored teenagers who plan a day of unsupervised fun together in Flama's mother's humble abode. Videogames, Coca-Cola, and pizza are high on their list of priorities, but things don't quite go according to plan. First, a slightly older female neighbor, Rita (Danny Perea), arrives to bake a cake in the kitchen. Then the pizza man arrives and the boys challenge him to a soccer videogame as payment for the food. But when the power in the building cuts out mid-game the fun really starts as the foursome argue, clown around, and do anything they can to stave off the boredom that threatens to engulf them. Ostensibly a comedy, Eimbcke's beautifully shot movie also presents some thoughtful musings on teenage life. Flama's parents are going through a painful divorce--a subject he tentatively broaches with the others by showing them a painting of ducks that his mother and father both want to claim as their own. From here the movie takes a pleasant stroll into the adolescent psyches of its four characters, with the group devouring Rita's marijuana-laced cake and wandering into delicious dreamlike states which reveal their naive hopes and dreams. Although stylistically reminiscent of the earliest works by filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch and Kevin Smith, DUCK SEASON conjures up a world all of its own, and is a welcome introduction to the cinematic mind of Fernando Eimbcke. [More]

Starring: Enrique Arreola, Diego Catano, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea

Starring: Enrique Arreola, Diego Catano, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea, Carolina Politi

Director: Fernando Eimbcke

Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Screenwriter: Paula Markovitch, Fernando Eimbcke
Producer: Jaime Bernardo Ramos
Composer: Alejandro Rosso
Studio: Warner Independent

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The modest film works best for the viewer who goes with its flow of inertia.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
06/24/09
Dennis Schwartz
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/18/08
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Duck Season is definitely worth seeing, but mostly it is worth seeing past, into the future of a promising new filmmaker.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
09/17/07
Christopher Campbell
Cinematical

Above all, a character-driven movie

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

A nuanced, authentic portrait of adolescent ennui and maturation that treats pre-teen emotions with a Jim Jarmusch-ian brand of detached sympathy and bemusement.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
12/27/06
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Lovingly cast, suavely directed and always pitched perfectly, whatever its tone, Duck Season is the kind of small, quiet, thoughtful movie that ought to be as abundant as Sunday afternoons.

Full Review Source: Nation | comment Comment
11/11/06
Stuart Klawans
Nation

Watch it passively and you might wonder how it even qualifies as a movie; watch it with your full attention and you will see a charming and surprisingly meaningful look at adolescent angst.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
09/07/06
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

...for the viewer interested in an amusing, thoughtful, independent, slice-of-life film.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
08/31/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The fullness of Duck Season is in direct proportion to its smallness; its modesty makes it bloom.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/12/06
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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Because it's shot in black and white, involves characters doing bland things in a bland setting, and yet is surprisingly entertaining, you could call this Clerks -- The Mexican Home Edition.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
04/21/06
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Effortlessly nonchalant in its observations of kids and the way the world looks to them.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
04/21/06
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Runs more on charm than inspiration, but it convincingly conveys something of the terrible, giddy solipsism of adolescence, with its contradictory longings for freedom and security...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
04/21/06
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Burn off 87 minutes of your sentence in Hell by sitting through writer-director Eimbcke's B&W dreary dreamscape about (his) a boy's gay awakening.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment 4 Comments
04/18/06
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Imagine Waiting for Godot performed by The Breakfast Club.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
04/14/06
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

There are several moments of high, unheralded humor -- although whenever you find yourself laughing, you have to ask yourself if you aren't merely grateful that anything is happening at all.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/13/06
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

The bemused sympathy we feel is brought about by both young actors doing a fine job with the minimalist material.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/10/06
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Often dull dialogue and marginally interesting characters.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
04/06/06
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Director Eimbcke scores a bulls eye as Ferris Bueller takes a day off in Mexico City.

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04/03/06
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

Me, I couldn't wait to get out of there, depressed at co-writer/director Fernando Eimbcke's assertion that life at 14 could really be that dull.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
04/01/06
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
 
 
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