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04/12/02
When Night Is Falling (1995)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:8
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Camille is a beautiful young theology professor at a Christian college in Canada in the midst of a mid-life upheaval. Her beloved dog has mysteriously died and she and Martin, her boyfriend of... [More]
Starring: David Fox, Don McKellar, Henry Czerny, Pascale Bussieres
Director: Patricia Rozema
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Reviews for When Night Is Falling
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01/26/06
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01/01/00
All the performances are excellent.
01/01/00
A seductive, sensuous experience.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Camille's motivation is a complete mystery to us.
01/01/00
The film is intelligent, sensitive and in its own uniquely quiet way quite a delicious treat.
10/02/05
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03/26/09
Rozema is a fabulist with a strong visual sense, and she creates a distinctive, enclosed world to illustrate Camille's odyssey.
01/01/00
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04/17/02
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06/30/05
Powerful film that beautifully choreographs the potencies of sexual desire in a woman who has put too much emphasis upon her mind.
08/22/02
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01/01/00
It is so focused on its own boldness, its dare-to-shock sensuality (the film got an NC-17 from the MPAA, but is being released unrated), that nothing else comes through.
02/13/01
Top CriticSymbols are supposed to be subtle, but Rozema is intent upon bludgeoning the audience with them.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhen Night is Falling has too many unintended laughs for its passion to be convincing.
01/01/00
Top CriticThose looking for an earnest depiction (and one that doesn’t wallow in the seemingly inherent ‘leering’ of similar films), it’s probably worthy of a look.
12/05/02
When compared to such incisive lesbian dramas as Lianna and Desert Hearts, Rozema's effort seems flat and banal.
06/05/02
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