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03/28/03
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Gerry (2003)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:58
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: The type of uncompromising film that divides filmgoers over whether it is profound or pretentious.
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.... [More]
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Reviews for Gerry
It's a sort of experimental film-school riff on Waiting for Godot, and while it's pretty tedious, it's better than it probably sounds.
03/25/03
[Van Sant has] managed something abstract yet explicit, and he's at his most honorable and purest in the aesthetics of filmmaking.
03/21/03
The result is focused, breathtakingly gorgeous and unexpectedly droll.
03/21/03
There's elegance and grace here, fostering an opportunity to reflect upon why men get so dutiful about being down. It's worth the hike.
03/21/03
If a picture was ever worth 1000 words, this is it (but I doubt there are 1000 words of dialog here) - minimalist filmmaking at its best.
03/21/03
Frankly, I found it at times a beguiling effort, with references to the stark, ambiguous cinema of Iran or of the Dogma group.
03/20/03
... as abstract an American film as you'll ever see starring a Hollywood golden boy, less a story than a striking and compelling experiment in filmmaking.
03/20/03
On the surface it may seem as barren as its desert, but underneath is a beautiful and surreal meditation.
03/20/03
Top CriticThose willing to venture off the beaten cinematic path may find this visually dazzling, intellectually stimulating film a rare and wondrous discovery.
03/17/03
If you check Gerry out at the cinema, at least you won't have to worry if you need to use the restroom. Damon and Affleck still will be wandering lost in the same desert when you get back to your seat.
03/16/03
Even though it is hugely self-indulgent, painfully slow and as repetitive as walking around in circles in the desert, the film has a sort of twisted charm by its end.
03/14/03
Directors are supposed to suffer for their art, but we're the ones stranded and craving sustenance.
03/14/03
Think of Gerry more as an experience rather than a movie, a virtual vacation from the tired crash-and-chase pulse of status-quo cinema.
03/13/03
Pure punishment.
03/13/03
As interesting and unexpected as seeing a new movie musical
03/12/03
It's riveting. Honestly.
03/07/03
An innovative and unusually artistic experiment.
03/07/03
Top CriticVan Sant fails to understand that when 'nothing' happens in the films of Tarr and Denis, it happens for a very good reason, not for a lack of anything better to do, as is the case here.
03/04/03
Patience is a virtue in the context of this risky, experimental work.
03/03/03
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