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The Blackout (1997)

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Cult figure Abel Ferrara directed this typically edgy look at an actor whose abuse of alcohol and drugs takes an unexpected toll. Matty (Matthew Modine) is an actor whose career is on the fast track; however, he's not able to handle the pressures of life in Hollywood, so he heads to Miami to recharge his emotional batteries. Given Miami's night life, this might not have been the wisest choice he could have made, as he's soon sunk deep in a sea of drink and drugs. Matty asks his girlfriend Annie

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

In Theaters: Jun 11, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Jun 19, 2001

Trimark Pictures

Cast

Beatrice Dalle
Annie 1
Matthew Modine
Matty
Dennis Hopper
Micky
Claudia Schiffer
Susan
Sarah Lassez
Annie 2
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Wild Bar Patron

Critic Reviews for The Blackout

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (8) | DVD (3)

Dizzying visual style can't conceal the shallow, self-indulgent nature of Ferrara's sleazy erotic thriller, one of his worst pictures with a terrible performance by a miscast Matthew Modine at its center

October 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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Ferrara ... proves incapable of making distinctions between his inspired and indulgent impulses.

June 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

With vacuous dialogue and little sense of character or direction, it oozes from one amateurishly conceived scene to the next.

March 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Offoffoff

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Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

The presentation and the acting make you stop caring.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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From the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.A Complete waste of my time, This is the worst of all the movies I have seen from this Festival. What was this movie about, had to be a low point in everyone?s career. I knew I was in trouble when netflix sent me a 1997 Movie, that had not a scratch one on it. Looked

October 6, 2009

Bruce Bruce

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A strange film really, bit slow to start with but has a very good ending with a twist.

April 21, 2007

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