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Tiro en la cabeza (Bullet in the Head) (2008)

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Average Rating: 2.7/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Oct 3, 2008 Wide

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The viewer assumes the role of detective in Catalan director Jaime Rosales' intense, avant-garde thriller following a middle-aged Spanish man as he goes about his daily business, and ending with a startling shock to the system. Everything is viewed from a distance as a typical man purchases a newspaper, dines with a friend at a local caf�, attends a dinner party, makes love to a woman, visits a CD shop, and stops on the street to make a telephone call. But who is this man, and why are we

PG, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Jaime Rosales

Written By: Jaime Rosales

In Theaters: Oct 3, 2008 Wide

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Critic Reviews for Tiro en la cabeza (Bullet in the Head)

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A painfully old-fashioned trick, a game played many times before, by far more thoughtful filmmakers with greater commands of and ideas about their medium.

August 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Reverse Shot

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Leo Goldsmith

Reverse Shot

The sudden shock in tone may have another different and unintended effect than the director intended, relief that finally something has happened.

July 31, 2009 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

What would have made an entertaining, if experimental, 20-minute short film has here been extended beyond sanity.

June 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Makes one urgently crave what its title promises.

September 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Essentially the equivalent of a news story where the facts are still forthcoming.

September 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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