Rhinoceros Eyes (2004)
45 %
Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 10 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 23, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: With sequences of stop-motion animation in which a tiny doll made of buttons, plastic toys, and other doodads speaks to the main character, RHINOCEROS EYES is a moody fantasy film brimming with magic and imagination. It takes place in the cluttered prop house inhabited by Chep (Michael... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael Pitt, Gale Harold, Paige Turco, Matt Servitto, Jim Allodi
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Has its own peculiar sensibility, a sort of magical grotesqueness. . . . It's too bad that Woodley doesn't push his themes and ideas further, blurring reality and dream more profoundly.
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06/15/06
Part comedy, part horror and part stream-of-consciousness, the low-budget film betrays influences ranging from retro-maven Guy Maddin to Woodley's own uncle David Cronenberg, all held together by Woodley's own unique spark.
05/27/06
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What about those fundamentals of engagement that keep filmgoers in their seats?
11/13/04
Reeks of film-school, 'Donnie Darko'-inspired weirdness. It's the sort of movie that would be pretentious if it were smart enough to figure out how.
05/27/04
Smacks of upscale student work with a command of atmospherics but a script mixed in a blender of concept doodles.
05/21/04
As weird and off-putting as portions of the film are, the most serious problem is Pitt's performance.
05/21/04
Utterly wrongheaded and indistinctly creepy, in that yawn-inducing way of pretentious twaddle...
05/18/04
Quirkiness alone can't substitute for a compelling story line, interesting themes or real characters.
05/07/04
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A movie that doesn't always work but certainly earns high marks for weirdness.
05/07/04
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For too much of the film's running time, quirkiness stands in for genuine wit, and the screenplay is most notable for its derivativeness.
05/04/04
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The surprise is how utterly original [Woodley's] gorgeously mounted curiosity seems.
04/23/04
Michael Pitt, the baby-faced actor who recently played a more sophisticated cinephile in Bertolucci's "The Dreamers," holds the film together just by being himself.
04/23/04
A thriller that shamelessly rummages through other movies in search of shocks.
04/22/04
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Most of this weird-for-weird's-sake film is set inside a cluttered store for movie props where a pathologically shy young clerk (Michael Pitt) lives and works.
04/22/04
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A film about a guy with a fantasy life so rich it could make Walter Mitty envious.
04/20/04
A film rich in depth and texture, “Rhinoceros Eyes” should give avid cinéastes a pleasurable time at the theatre.
04/18/04
What is the film in the end but a string of mediocre, sometimes humorous non sequitors?
04/08/04
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