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Tuvalu (2001)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:19

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.8/10

Consensus: Though a challenging watch, Tuvalu is visually striking and intriguingly quirky.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:May 4, 2001 Limited

Box Office: $135,270

Synopsis: A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and... A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the Anton (Denis Lavant) finds Eva (Chulpan Hamatova), a beautiful woman who has the power to take this working class visionary into a strange, surreal world to live together in love. With roots in the circus and with an incredibly imaginary point of view, TUVALU will gain German director Veit Helmer many comparisons to filmmakers such as Federico Fellini, Chuck Jones, Buster Keaton, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This should not distract viewers from its highly original look and breathtaking scope. Filmed in both black and white and color with nearly no dialogue, Helmer's engaging love story is the director's feature debut after several successful shorts. The acrobatic and expressive Denis Lavant is a perfect daydreaming lead for this 2001 fable. [More]

Starring: Denis Lavant, E.J. Callahan

Starring: Denis Lavant, E.J. Callahan

Director: Veit Helmer

Director: Veit Helmer
Screenwriter: Veit Helmer, Michaela Beck
Studio: Indican Pictures

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04/05/03
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Tuvalu is like watching a Dali painting brought to life...and who wouldn't want to see that?

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/07/03
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Ultimately a rewarding -- if weird -- experience. It's just too bad that it takes so long to get there.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Merle Bertrand
Merle Bertrand
Film Threat

Intriguing but ultimately irritating misfire.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
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Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Fetishistic in its bemusement with gadgetry and painstaking in its slapstick-meets-high-emotion construction... Tuvalu is a decently engaging high farce, even if its influences are roundly on display.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
09/23/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

A fascinating work that never quite coalesces, Tuvalu finally becomes oppressively repetitive.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/20/02
Patrick Z. McGavin
Patrick Z. McGavin
Chicago Tribune
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The film is relentlessly arty and much too stylistically bizarre for mainstream taste ... But it has its own peculiar charm.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
07/19/02
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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06/01/02
Boston Phoenix

Tuvalu is astounding. It is also bizarre, challenging, and, at times, admirably overreaching.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
05/31/02
Janice Page
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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...give this wonderful, funny, clever little flick a try.

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05/21/02
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Emil Christov's stunningly clear black and white cinematography presents images from another time, like a neo-Guy Maddin flick.

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05/17/02
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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They used to be called moving pictures, and the captivating Tuvalu reminds us why.

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03/14/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Recommended for its singular vision -- a concept executed with bravura style, intelligent curiosity, and playful wit.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/03/02
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Charming and a little tiresome.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
02/08/02
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

This one-of-a kind charmer casts an immediate and delightful spell.

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02/01/02
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Helmer's film is easy to enjoy as a mere romp, though it also can be read as a very thinly veiled allegory about post-Soviet Europe.

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01/31/02
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times
 
 
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