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The Monkey's Mask (2001)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:13
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.2/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 27, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Jill (Susie Porter) is a twentysomething private investigator called up by a pair of distraught parents to find their missing daughter. The trail of the missing girl, an amateur poet, leads lesbian... Jill (Susie Porter) is a twentysomething private investigator called up by a pair of distraught parents to find their missing daughter. The trail of the missing girl, an amateur poet, leads lesbian Jill into a strange world of sleazy literary wannabes and straight into an affair with libertine poetry professor Diana (Kelly McGillis). Australian Samantha Lang (THE WELL) directed this thriller based on the erotic mystery novel by Dorothy Porter. [More]
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Susie Porter, Marton Csokas, Abbie Cornish
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Susie Porter, Marton Csokas, Abbie Cornish, Deborah Mailman
Director: Samantha Lang
Director: Samantha Lang
Producer: Robert Connolly, John Maynard
Screenwriter: Anne Kennedy
Studio: Strand Releasing
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Reviews for The Monkey's Mask
Don't be fooled by the packaging: at the heart of it, it's a pedestrian detective thriller that doesn't have much going for it in terms of originality.
An uneasy mix of tired detective-movie clichés and low-key arty pretension.
The sex scenes between the women do little to advance the story, but they blessedly distract both Jill and the viewer from the thin narrative.
Samantha Lang displays considerable style and assurance, with Porter and McGillis giving beautifully nuanced portrayals.
You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This: If you hate poetry. It will make your prejudice seem justified.
The film, with lurid and kinky elements familiar to those who remember Dario Argento or Radley Metzger, provides slumming without guilt.
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