Intricate, elegant, sophisticated and multilayered drama.
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12/14/01
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Lantana (2001)
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Reviews Counted:103
Fresh:93
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Lantana is an intricately plotted character study that quietly shines with authenticity.
Theatrical Release:Dec 14, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $4,277,569
Synopsis: Ray Lawrence's LANTANA is an intelligent, well-written, well-acted film that is much more than just another cop thriller--it's more like YOU CAN COUNT ON ME with its realistic, complex... [More]
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong
Director: Ray Lawrence
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Reviews for Lantana
Top Critic"Lantana" never veers off its course, but its path twists and turns with a frantic glee reminiscent of "Magnolia"
01/17/02
One of the best.
01/25/02
The film is powerfully acted, with nary a weak performance to be found.
01/19/02
Top CriticDirected...with a deft, perceptive eye and ear for the delicate verbal and emotional intercourse of frayed human relationships.
01/18/02
The characters are believable. Same with the dialogue.
01/18/02
A small, personal film, which ponders the importance of honesty, trust and love in a relationship.
12/14/01
This richly nuanced psychological drama circles around the complicated subject of love and offers ample insights into some of the sources of emotional illiteracy.
12/16/01
This is the sort of fiercely intelligent, emotionally gripping movie about people that almost never gets made any more.
03/08/02
A meditation on fidelity in marriage where the suspense and surprises stem from who has -- or hasn't -- been betraying each other and how.
07/20/02
Top CriticThe film is as dense as its namesake, and it reminds us how few contemporary thrillers are adult.
01/25/02
Top Criticit's walking a perilous tightrope with "too stagy" on the one side and "too affected" on the other, teetering and yawing alarmingly at times
10/12/01
A very adult picture with adult concerns that lingers in the mind the way so many of this year's Hollywood releases have not.
12/14/01
Top CriticThis well constructed film will keep you guessing until the end
10/30/01
Casts a spell that draws one into the murky waters of transgression.
10/24/01
The sort of movie that highbrow critics love to overrate...It's Married With Children for serious-minded folks without a sense of humor.
09/23/04
Love is indeed the greatest mystery, and it's a bit unfortunate that the filmmakers weren't content to simply explore that quandary instead of manufacturing another.
01/03/02
Smolders but never explodes.
02/01/02
What's surprising is how easy it is to follow the plot, and how the coincidences don't get in the way.
01/18/02
Top CriticThe movie doesn't have the appeal of a Hitchcock psychological murder mystery. It's more a well-acted study about the thorny landscape of relationships.
06/25/04
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