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Inland Empire (2006)

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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 103
Fresh: 74 | Rotten: 29

Typical David Lynch fare: fans of the director will find Inland Empire seductive and deep. All others will consider the heady surrealism impenetrable and pointless.

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 13

Typical David Lynch fare: fans of the director will find Inland Empire seductive and deep. All others will consider the heady surrealism impenetrable and pointless.

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Cinema of the surreal icon David Lynch follows up the success of his critically acclaimed 2001 feature Mulholland Drive with this dark mystery, shot on a handheld Sony PD150 digital video recorder. It is the tale of an actress whose personality becomes increasingly fragmented as she delves ever deeper into her work for a high-profile filmmaker. Kingsley (Jeremy Irons) is a director looking to adapt for the screen a Polish gypsy folktale that was previously stalled when the two leads were

R, 2 hr. 59 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Special Interest

Directed By: David Lynch

Written By: David Lynch

In Theaters: Sep 6, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Aug 14, 2007

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Critic Reviews for Inland Empire

All Critics (108) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (83) | Rotten (30) | DVD (19)

An amazing and unshakeable experience.

May 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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A bucket of Lynchian leftovers, stirred slightly and left to ferment in the dark.

May 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

You may find Lynch's experimentalism and willful obscurity to be the work of a poseur, ultimately pointless drivel. I can understand that, but I think you would be wrong.

April 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press

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Terry Lawson

Detroit Free Press

Top Critic

A can't-miss experience and likely one of the year's very best films.

April 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

Lynch's brilliant and bizarre films have often come to us as a puzzle wrapped in an enigma, but his latest is enshrouded with two layers of 'who cares?'

February 15, 2007 Comment

Colin Covert

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Top Critic

A free-fall plunge through David Lynch's imagination, a curious and often astonishing place. The film is dazzling and bewildering in equal measure.

February 9, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Trippy, twisty thriller is totally out to Lynch.

December 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

Unspeakably beautiful

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

The three-hour movie is at once inscrutable and deeply satisfying for its daring high wire act of narrative illusion and passionately charged emotions.

April 23, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

David Lynch's Inland Empire, which runs 172 minutes, keeps collapsing in on itself.

November 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Dan Callahan

Slant Magazine

Lo mejor, sin duda, es la generaci�n de climas agobiantes, grotescos y sugestivos, a veces sacudidos por extremos de horror y hasta por alguna parodia de comedia musical.

August 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

While the narrative is away with the bunnies, as a mood piece Lynch scores a slam dunk.

June 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

A crazy midnight roller coaster ride to Lynchland. A movie you might half dream through an all night marathon of noir and slasher films, your heart pumping with caffeine.

April 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Beyond Hollywood

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Brian Holcomb

Beyond Hollywood

It's a movie spent inside Lynch's complicated head.

November 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

While it is not nearly as good as Mulholland Drive, this latest complex concoction is fascinating in parts; even if you don't understand it

November 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

Inland Empire is about the effects of movies themselves - the way they change us, inform our goals, and impact our self-image.

September 4, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Mark Palermo

Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

The famous Lynch style is parodied in outrageous fashion on one of the bonus features.

August 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Few saw Lynch's masterful film (it was self-distributed) in the theaters, hence the DVD is especially welcome, and deleted scenes, comments, and helmer's work with Laura Dern illuminate a unique film in which process is just as important as end result

August 27, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

(The result is) a kind of motion picture mesmerism. Even without completely understanding everything that's going on, INLAND EMPIRE sucks you in and holds every fiber of your being.

August 26, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Verdict

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Bill Gibron

DVD Verdict

It's an abstract jazz riff, it's a painting, it's a monster movie and a musical and a psychodrama and an ellipsis made of black holes.

August 25, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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A nightmare from the mind of David Lynch. Inland Empire is his most disjointed and fragmented which also makes it the most dreamlike. His startling images instantly strike different emotions in viewers. At 3 hours long, this surreal masterwork is not an easy watch and can be a frustrating one but can be a rewarding one

March 3, 2012

Graham Jones

Super Reviewer

I am sad to say i could not make it through 'Inland Empire'. I don't understand David Lynch's use of dream-like imagery. I was lost in the story, an found the film way too creepy and unentertaining. Typical Lynch fans may find plenty to love, but everyone else should stay as far away from this one as possible.

January 22, 2012

Kase Vollebregt

Super Reviewer

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1. Nikki/Sue: Some men change. Well, they don't change, they reveal. They reveal themselves over time, you know?
– Submitted by F�lix C (13 months ago)