A film this bizarre and spectacular can't be entirely written off.
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12/14/01
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.
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Reviews for Tuvalu
The film is relentlessly arty and much too stylistically bizarre for mainstream taste ... But it has its own peculiar charm.
07/19/02
Recommended for its singular vision -- a concept executed with bravura style, intelligent curiosity, and playful wit.
03/03/02
Ultimately a rewarding -- if weird -- experience. It's just too bad that it takes so long to get there.
12/08/02
Sometimes Tuvalu causes a viewer to wonder if Helmer and his cast and crew are just playing dress-up.
05/03/01
...give this wonderful, funny, clever little flick a try.
05/21/02
Emil Christov's stunningly clear black and white cinematography presents images from another time, like a neo-Guy Maddin flick.
05/17/02
Charming and a little tiresome.
02/08/02
Intriguing but ultimately irritating misfire.
12/08/02
They used to be called moving pictures, and the captivating Tuvalu reminds us why.
03/14/02
The kind of movie that might one day find itself in the hall of fame of surreal movie weirdness alongside cult favorites like Eraserhead, Delicatessen and the avant-garde frolics of Guy Maddin.
12/07/01
Top CriticGorgeous to look at and brimming with humor, Tuvalu is dreamy, creative, and highly romantic.
05/04/01
A disappointment, a precious and grotesque exercise reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen, only less amusing.
12/14/01
Top CriticStill in the mood for something offbeat and phantasmagoric? Check out this charming German import by Veit Helmer.
12/13/01
Top CriticUndeniably the product of a singular and beautifully realized vision.
12/07/01
A fascinating work that never quite coalesces, Tuvalu finally becomes oppressively repetitive.
07/20/02
Top CriticMight have worked better as an experimental short rather than a full 90-minute feature
10/24/01
Tuvalu is astounding. It is also bizarre, challenging, and, at times, admirably overreaching.
05/31/02
Top CriticA gorgeous cough syrup hallucination -– the kind of beautiful, feverish dream to which you succumb while eardrum-piercingly high on over-the-counter cold medicine.
01/29/02
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