Gerry (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 97 Fresh: 59 Rotten:38 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Consensus: The type of uncompromising film that divides filmgoers over whether it is profound or pretentious. more
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 14, 2003 Limited
Synopsis:
In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Director: Gus Van Sant
Screenwriter: Casey Affleck, Gus Van Sant
Producer: Dany Wolf
Composer: Arvo Pärt
Screenwriter: Casey Affleck, Gus Van Sant
Producer: Dany Wolf
Composer: Arvo Pärt
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Reviews
The two stars...[Casey Affleck and Matt Damon]...both playing characters named Gerry, wander across the desert for some reason, and if you enjoy watching them on any pretext, you'll probably enjoy this; if you don't, you won't.
04/11/08 01:32 PM
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Top Critic Likely to sharply divide critics, Gerry goes back to his indie roots with a minimalist work that carries itself almost entirely through the awesome yet austere visuals and sounds.
07/31/06 04:31 PM
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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Top Critic Top Critic Absolutely transfixing at one moment and unbearably boring the next.
05/03/05 08:23 PM
Although the images from the film are poetic and are more fondly recalled in hindsight, in this case art film for art film's sake doesn't fly very high.
04/21/04 01:31 PM
Hiking for Godot: Van Sant's existential Blair Witch Project's daemon lurks within.
01/30/04 12:13 PM
Gerry proposes simplicity; even the most capsulated descriptions of it are dubious.
01/05/04 08:42 PM
Nothing special to show at the end for this existential trip to nowhere.
11/19/03 01:13 PM
Are these guys as smart as they sound or as dumb as they act?
11/18/03 04:42 PM
The picture can be read as a warning about the perils of improvisation -- a neat joke given how fruitful that method proves here.
10/07/03 05:01 PM
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10/01/03 05:01 PM
Top Critic One of those films that are better in hindsight — you won't forget the scenery and the torture of enduring it. See it if you're a masochist, don't bother if you're not.
08/21/03 09:01 AM
You have to stay with Gerry, which starts out as a willful stunt, turns into a sadistic endurance test and ends up as something surprisingly affable and engaging.
05/16/03 05:30 PM
In a hideously arty style Affleck, Damon and Van Sant actually tell us a few things about the man-vs-man and man-vs-nature debate. But you have to look pretty hard to get it.
05/16/03 08:02 AM
An amusing, sometimes rivetingly uneventful curiosity, nothing more.
04/26/03 08:22 AM
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