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Who Killed Bambi (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 9

Rotten:12

Average Rating: 5.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Nov 12, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: Using ambient sounds, white-outs, and dizzyingly abstract photography, WHO KILLED BAMBI? instills fear into its viewers with its disorienting atmospheres. Before any perturbing action takes place,... Using ambient sounds, white-outs, and dizzyingly abstract photography, WHO KILLED BAMBI? instills fear into its viewers with its disorienting atmospheres. Before any perturbing action takes place, there is an air of something essentially wrong, and that unexplainable feeling is downright creepy. Isabelle (Sophie Quinton), a rosy-cheeked nursing student, stares out into the fluorescent hallways of the hospital where she works with the wide-eyed innocence of a deer caught in the headlights. Appropriately, when she suddenly faints at the feet of the tall, dark, and handsome surgeon Dr. Philippe (Laurent Lucas), he nicknames her Bambi, saying she cannot stand on her own two legs. It is instantly obvious that there's something sinister about Dr. Philippe, so the answer to the title's question is not much of a mystery. Yet as Isabelle's fainting episodes become more frequent, and her suspicions about Dr. Philippe grow more paranoid, the tension only mounts. When several lovely young women (the hospital is teaming with them) disappear from their hospital beds at night, Isabelle's fears appear to be justified. An excellent chiller that will captivate audiences with its entrancing moods, WHO KILLED BAMBI? is a wonderfully effective addition to the thriller genre. [More]

Starring: Sophie Quinton, Laurent Lucas, Catherine Jacob, Yasmine Belmadi

Starring: Sophie Quinton, Laurent Lucas, Catherine Jacob, Yasmine Belmadi, Michele Moretti, Valerie Donzelli

Director: Gilles Marchand

Director: Gilles Marchand
Screenwriter: Gilles Marchand, Vincent Dietschy
Producer: Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta
Studio: Strand Releasing

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The melodrama acts as an anaesthetic, as it's hard to stay awake while it operates merely as a gruesome style over substance film.

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David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

A sleek and cool thriller that never quite boils over into all-out suspense, which feels enticing but also a bit dull and overlong.

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06/28/05
Rich Cline
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Its lack of sense is exceeded only by the absence of chills.

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01/25/05
Frank Swietek
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Competent but ultimately disappointing.

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01/14/05
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Who Killed Bambi? is fun to watch, and newcomer Quinton has big, beautiful eyes, but the movie’s contrived plot, forced conclusion and sentimental denouement rob it of real suspense and meaning.

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12/08/04
Rex Roberts
Film Journal International

Who Killed Bambi? does for doctors what Psycho did for showers.

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12/03/04
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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you eventually get that it's supposed to be suspenseful, but it's ... near impossible to actually feel it.

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12/01/04
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

The forced parallel with the Disney classic proves silly and pretentious, but the dull characters and lethal plot contrivances are what really do Bambi in.

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11/19/04
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Kept me squirming in my seat for its entire running time.

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11/19/04
Jurgen Fauth
About.com

A cool, dry spin on the hospital horror story, steeps the classic woman-in-peril scenario in allusions to Disney's uber-innocent.

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11/18/04
Maitland McDonagh
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A long and uneventful snooze.

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11/12/04
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Marchand capably builds suspense, thanks to a twisty script and nervy performances by Lucas and Quinton.

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11/12/04
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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This film is more successful in mood and setting (white hallways with stylized lighting and shadows gives a disorientating sense of dread and tension) than in the conventional screenplay.

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11/11/04
Ed Scheid
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