Kafka (1992)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:12
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Steven Soderbergh's follow-up to the hugely successful SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE is a dark thriller that follows a fictionalized realization of the influential writer Franz Kafka. Set in the early... [More]
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Reviews for Kafka
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All the Kafka basics are there for the literary types to muse over and it has great entertainment value in its unpretentious playfulness. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
Soderbergh's sophomore jinx, a pastiche of styles (noir, German Expressionism) and themes (creativity, personal and political oppression) at the center of which is the vastly miscast Jeremy Irons as the Jewish writer involved in a senseless murder mystery Full Review |
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3/5 |
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1/5 |
the film has a shallow, sophomoric earnestness
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3/5 |
Incomprehensible but interesting.
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4/5 |
One of Soderbergh's most fascinating films.
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1.5/5 |
Steven Soderbergh's Kafka is a very bad well-directed movie. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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1/5 |
Overwrought over long and over indulgent
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4/5 |
Lem Dobb’s script doesn’t rely on comprehension or linearity, but the whole scope of the project has its compelling root. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Quite often, the visual feast is enough to hold audience attention. But, in the end, it all feels rather empty. Full Review |
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A movie about Franz Kafka? It's a good idea for a microsecond. Then it dissolves into a dumb proposition. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
A stimulating blend of biography, hypothesis, interpretation and afterthought. It's a story about the 20th century. Full Review |
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