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.
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01/29/02
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
Recommended for its singular vision -- a concept executed with bravura style, intelligent curiosity, and playful wit.
03/03/02
Tuvalu is astounding. It is also bizarre, challenging, and, at times, admirably overreaching.
05/31/02
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06/01/02
Impresses with its ability to tell its loopy story almost completely in visual terms.
09/11/01
A fascinating work that never quite coalesces, Tuvalu finally becomes oppressively repetitive.
07/20/02
A film this bizarre and spectacular can't be entirely written off.
12/14/01
Tuvalu is like watching a Dali painting brought to life...and who wouldn't want to see that?
01/07/03
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.
09/23/02
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05/03/01
Intriguing but ultimately irritating misfire.
12/08/02
Ultimately a rewarding -- if weird -- experience. It's just too bad that it takes so long to get there.
12/08/02
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12/06/05
Might have worked better as an experimental short rather than a full 90-minute feature
10/24/01
Sometimes Tuvalu causes a viewer to wonder if Helmer and his cast and crew are just playing dress-up.
05/03/01
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04/05/03
This one-of-a kind charmer casts an immediate and delightful spell.
02/01/02
Top CriticThe 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
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