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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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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
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Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/05/03
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

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

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

They used to be called moving pictures, and the captivating Tuvalu reminds us why.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
03/14/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Still in the mood for something offbeat and phantasmagoric? Check out this charming German import by Veit Helmer.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
12/13/01
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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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

A film this bizarre and spectacular can't be entirely written off.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
12/14/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/01/02
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Emil Christov's stunningly clear black and white cinematography presents images from another time, like a neo-Guy Maddin flick.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/17/02
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Undeniably the product of a singular and beautifully realized vision.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/07/01
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

Gorgeous to look at and brimming with humor, Tuvalu is dreamy, creative, and highly romantic.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
05/04/01
Mary Kalin-Casey
Mary Kalin-Casey
Reel.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

Impresses with its ability to tell its loopy story almost completely in visual terms.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
09/11/01
Michael Tunison
Michael Tunison
Boxoffice Magazine

A gorgeous cough syrup hallucination -– the kind of beautiful, feverish dream to which you succumb while eardrum-piercingly high on over-the-counter cold medicine.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/29/02
Rachel Sanders
Rachel Sanders
Apollo Guide

...give this wonderful, funny, clever little flick a try.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/21/02
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling 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

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

Might have worked better as an experimental short rather than a full 90-minute feature

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10/24/01
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
 
 
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