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09/26/05
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A Talking Picture (2003)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:17
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.5/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 10, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: A contemporary Odyssey from Portugal's finest cineaste, Manuel de Oliveira, this quiet, stirring drama of subtly epic proportions was made when director Oliveira was 96-years-old. Beautiful young... [More]
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Irene Pappas, Stefania Sandrelli
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
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Reviews for A Talking Picture
A veteran filmmaker's moment of reflection and didacticism, and one supposes he's earned it.
03/27/05
A film which, with rare eloquence, speaks to our hearts and minds about modern quandaries and eternal truths.
12/09/04
Top CriticThis is a lovely, lively, timely treat for the eyes and mind.
12/09/04
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07/03/04
Not only is this approach boring but also it is an artificial contrivance that leaves little for the actors to do but regurgitate facts in an encyclopedic way.
03/10/05
A Talking Picture might be an apt title, but it does not mean that it is automatically a picture worth contemplating.
03/03/05
A devastatingly simple portrait of the ways in which we lull ourselves into believing that knowledge, academic or worldly, is our inviolate defense against annihilation.
12/19/04
A thoughtful, provocative effort that makes up for its narrative failings with its astute philosophical musings.
12/27/04
Structured like a chatty play in three acts.
03/17/05
Though Oliveira's stylistic approach may be more relaxed and laid back in tune with seasoned years, his keen and cutting insights point to a mind on fire, as if on mental Viagra.
03/26/07
Talking is about all that happens here.
03/24/05
Oliveira establishes a sense of timelessness only to catch his audience up short with a film that ultimately could scarcely be a more timely comment on the world in which we live.
03/18/05
Top CriticThe freeze-frame finale is a stunner.
12/10/04
The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira again shows himself to be a master of the medium with this sharply cut gem of a film about a mother and daughter sailing the Mediterranean.
12/10/04
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07/29/05
The lack of action, or even movement...will be a turn off to most [but for the hardcore film buff].
07/01/04
Even though de Oliveira's direction is sadly outdated, A Talking Picture engages with his topical observations. This film exists in a time capsule of its own making.
06/29/04
A potent and troubling meditation on the state of Western society.
01/21/05
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