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Lantana (2001)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:27
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
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 CriticA 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 CriticA perceptive, powerfully acted psychodrama.
02/03/02
Top CriticSolving the mystery of the dead body would be enough for most Hollywood movies. In Lantana, it's merely a device to launch us into more rewarding explorations.
01/25/02
Top CriticLantana is so rich in secondary characters and performances it's hard to mention them all. But you will certainly appreciate them.
01/25/02
Top CriticThe thorns in this film prick real blood, the color of which too few films can or care to examine. It is fine stuff indeed.
01/25/02
Top CriticThe film is as dense as its namesake, and it reminds us how few contemporary thrillers are adult.
01/25/02
Top CriticHas a refreshingly keen ability to see everything from multiple angles.
01/24/02
Top CriticA psychological thriller that emphasizes the psychology over the thrills. It's a smart, heart-twisting picture.
01/24/02
Top CriticIf some of the connections stretch credulity, an exquisite ensemble cast ... inhabit their characters with a subtle authenticity.
01/24/02
Top CriticIt sounds pretty bleak. It is. And it’s slow. But it’s not bleak as in despairing and dull.
01/24/02
Top CriticThe film is powerfully acted, with nary a weak performance to be found.
01/19/02
Top CriticRemarkably non-bummer viewing. Bleak as its outlook is, it's not so much psychodrama as psychocomedy of manners.
01/18/02
Top CriticAfter seeing [LaPaglia] in Lantana, no one will ever look at him without recognizing an actor of the first rank.
01/18/02
Top CriticA sensitive essay that dearly wants to be a feature film.
01/18/02
Top CriticWhat'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 CriticMr. LaPaglia, Ms. Armstrong, Mr. Rush and Ms. Hershey invest their roles with a profound humanity.
01/03/02
Top CriticNeither writer nor director supply good reasons why these miserable moderns do what they do. But this leaves the actors to do what they like. And in this, Lantana blooms with talent.
12/22/01
Top CriticThe acting is top-notch, and LaPaglia, who makes the cop's torment palpable, gives the performance of his career.
12/21/01
Top CriticImagine American Beauty crossbred with Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage and transposed down under, except that Lantana has a cool sense of tragedy and surprising reserves of passion that are all its own.
12/21/01
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