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4 (2006)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 7, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Three strangers meet in a late night Moscow bar and spin incredible stories about themselves- all of which turn out to be lies. Marina, a prostitute, claims to be an advertising executive. Volodya,... [More]
Starring: Marina Vovchenko, Irina Vovchenko, Svetlana Vovchenko, Sergey Shnurov
Director: Ilya Khrjanovsky
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Reviews for 4
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The performances are so good and the images so darkly expressive that Khrzhanovsky's experiment with cinematic deconstructionism nearly works. Full Review |
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4/5 |
a malcontent mindbender Full Review |
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 2/4 |
The result is a teasing, if trying, exercise. Full Review |
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This seriously weird pic has a few flat stretches, but its bawdy comedy, bravura sound design and uncanny atmosphere will turn on auds with a taste for deeply oddball fare and baffle others. Full Review |
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3/4 |
There's much in the movie that won't translate to audiences this side of the Volga, but there's also a humor and a fierce filmmaking intelligence that demand attention. Full Review |
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7/10 |
A creepy, Lynchian dream-walk into the purgatory of human mass production Full Review |
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3/4 |
4 could be a gross-out phantasmagoria to test your cinematic stamina, or it could be a political commentary, though Khrjanovsky insists not. Full Review |
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The picture finally bogs down in a seemingly endless spectacle of grossness and ghoulishness. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It's not always clear exactly what's happening in this dark tale, full of barking dogs and slabs of meat. But you won't be able to take your eyes from the screen; nor will you quickly forget this fiercely original eye-popper. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The terminally bleak meets the hypnotically beautiful in the Russian cryptogram 4, directed by the newcomer Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Full Review |
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In spite of a handful of striking images%u2014a shot of dogs being scared off by pile-drivers, a spooky aquarium-cleaning, a drunken party in which withered old ladies lift their shirts and slap each others' breasts%u20144 never resolves into anything spe Full Review |
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...suggestively arresting in strange ways that will attract cinephiles and fuel unanswerable discussion. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Exhilarating, infuriating, mesmerizing, baffling, and out-and-out crazy, 4 certainly doesn't lack for ambition and outrageousness. Full Review |
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Although Khrzhanovsky has several tricks up his sleeve, 4's most provocative quality is its ironic surplus of beauty. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Haunting. Full Review |
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