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Little Ashes (2009)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:3

Rotten:13

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: It has a beautiful cast, but Little Ashes suffers from an uneven tone and a surplus of unintentionally silly moments.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content, language and a brief disturbing image.

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 8, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $385,169

Synopsis: A romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional... A romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali arrives at the university, 18 years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university's social elite - Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Buñuel. Salvador is absorbed into their decadent group and for a time Salvador, Luis and Federico become a formidable trio, the most ultra-modern group in Madrid. However as time passes, Salvador feels an increasingly strong pull towards the charismatic Federico - who is himself oblivious of the attentions he is getting from his beautiful writer friend, Margarita. Finally, in the face of his friends' preoccupations - and Federico's growing renown as a poet - Luis sets off for Paris in search of his own artistic success. Federico and Salvador spend the holiday in the sea-side town of Cadaques. Both the idyllic surroundings and the warmth of the Dali family sweep Federico off his feet. Salvador and he draw closer, sharing their deepest beliefs, inspirations and secrets, convinced that they have found a kind of friendship undreamt of by others. It is more that a meeting of the minds; it is a fusion of souls. And then one night, in the phosphorescent water, it becomes something else. --© Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell

Starring: Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Esther Nubiola, Bruno Oro, Simon Andreu, Vicky Pena, Arly Jover

Director: Paul Morrison

Director: Paul Morrison
Screenwriter: Phillipa Goslett
Producer: Carlo Dusi, Jonny Persey, Jaume Vilalta
Composer: Miguel Mera
Studio: Regent Releasing

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A bravely earnest and gauzy bit of biography.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
06/26/09
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Beltran, for his part, makes a solidly believable Garcia Lorca. The problem is with the man with whom he's obsessed. In Pattinson's performance, we never see what Garcia Lorca sees in Dali.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/29/09
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Even cinematographer Adam Suschitzky's richly textured and resonantly toned cityscapes and rural scenes can't make up for a flawed script and weak performances in what might have been a powerful historical drama.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment 3 Comments
05/22/09
Greg Quill
Greg Quill
Toronto Star
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What's intended to be a daring look at repressed sexuality, three-ways and all, has the dramatic heft of a true-love comic book.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
05/21/09
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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I think you should go ahead and rent the movie.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
05/11/09
Ben Mankiewicz
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A noble effort, that ultimately left me disappointed and unfulfilled.

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05/11/09
Ben Lyons
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An exceedingly silly historical fantasy.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/08/09
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Little Ashes is a case of too little of this and too much of that, and like the rumored affair, nothing of substance to hold on to.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/08/09
Betsy Sharkey
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
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For much of its running time, Little Ashes wavers between the polite, stuffy style of a Masterpiece Theater production and the more pointed agenda of gay indie cinema.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/08/09
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Variety
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Director Paul Morrison nicely re-creates the period, but puts too much weight on the sexual relationship as determining the men's artistic courses.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/08/09
Walter V. Addiego
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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The tangled three-way friendship of Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali­ and Federico Garci­a Lorca could make for a fascinating movie. Instead, we have Little Ashes.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/08/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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The meandering film has moments of urgency, particularly when it focuses on Lorca, his growing politicization and the mystery surrounding his disappearance. But that arrives too late to redeem what has gone before.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
05/07/09
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Little Ashes is absorbing but not compelling. Most of its action is inward.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
05/07/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Pattinson and Beltran are stuck with a rudderless script, and they make a soft, dull pair.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/06/09
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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A typically bombastic lives-of-the-artists production made even more stilted by having all the actors (including the Spanish ones) speak accented English.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/05/09
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Village Voice
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All of the technical credits are outstanding; it's the diffuse script that disappoints.

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05/05/09
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