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Ivans XTC. (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 28
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Critic Reviews: 9
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Bernard Rose directed this look at the sordid underside of the film business and one man's attempts to come to terms with his mortality in this fallen world, in a story loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Ivan Beckman (Danny Huston), a hot-shot talent agent at the powerful Media Talent Agency, unexpectedly dies, and soon his colleagues are scrambling among themselves over the shards of Ivan's leftover business, with Barry Oaks (Adam Krentzman) eager to take over

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Bernard Rose

Written By: Bernard Rose, Leo Tolstoy

In Theaters: Jun 7, 2002 Wide

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Cast

Danny Huston
Ivan Beckman
Peter Weller
Don West
Lisa Enos
Charlotte White
Joanne Duckman
Marcia Beckman
Angela Featherstone
Amanda Hill
Caroleen Feeney
Rosemary Kramer
Valeria Golino
Constanza Vero
Adam Krentzman
Barry Oaks
Heidi Jo Markel
Francesca Knight
James Merendino
Danny McTeague
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
Marie Stein
Morgan Vukovic
Lucy Lawrence
Jay Lavender
Phil
Tarri Markel
Agent

Critic Reviews for Ivans XTC.

All Critics (34) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (7) | DVD (3)

A triumph, relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness.

October 17, 2002 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Tom Sime

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

A committed, intelligent and fascinating piece of work with no irony about it.

August 16, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

A remarkable film by Bernard Rose.

June 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration, but I've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe.

June 27, 2002 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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John Petrakis

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

It's tough to watch, but it's a fantastic movie.

June 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Behind the glitz, Hollywood is sordid and disgusting. Quelle surprise!

June 7, 2002 Comment

Megan Turner

New York Post

Top Critic

The fascination comes in the power of the Huston performance, which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile, and in the way the Ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react.

October 6, 2002 Comment

Ian Waldron-Mantgani

UK Critic

It's hard to say who might enjoy this, are there Tolstoy groupies out there? It's dark and tragic, and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death

September 27, 2002 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone

TheMovieChicks.com

It gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect, and is engrossing and moving in its own right.

September 25, 2002 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Huston nails both the glad-handing and the choking sense of hollow despair.

August 20, 2002 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure, allowing us to find the small, human moments, and leaving off with a grand whimper.

August 19, 2002 Comment

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

(Danny Huston gives) an astounding performance that deftly, gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent's smirk.

August 19, 2002 Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire

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Rob Blackwelder

SPLICEDWire

A directorial tour de force by Bernard Rose, ivans xtc. is one of this year's very best pictures.

August 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

A substantial and affecting piece of work.

August 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Sight and Sound

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Kim Newman

Sight and Sound

A powerful, chilling, and affecting study of one man's dying fall.

July 9, 2002 Full Review Source: BBC

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Neil Smith

BBC

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Years after falling in love with this at the time, a revisit still packs an incredible punch. Were it not for the low budget, this would be remembered as an essential view all time great. Incredible script, thanks to Tolstoy, stunning acting - Danny Hudson is awesome, just huge as Ivan Beckmann the mega agent, drug

April 1, 2011

Michael Lay

It's depressing, but probably appropriate, that such a good film is so unheard of. Ivans XTC is a film that features the superficial, greed-driven persona common of today, which happens to have taken the form of a Hollywood agent. The word persona is quite appropriate, as the film's main character, Ivan, displays an

January 13, 2010

Adam B

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