Nine Lives
2005, Drama, 1h 52m
85 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Nine Lives is bolstered by a strong cast and features many insightful glimpses into the lives of women. Read critic reviews
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Camille
Lorna
Sandra
Maggie
Martin
Maria
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Critic Reviews for Nine Lives
All Critics (85) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (21)
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Each woman has to turn herself inside out in continuous time. It has the demands of theatre and the intimacy of cinema.
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The stories are sketches, often without resolution, and while individual segments succeed admirably, taken together the portraits are a fitful match.
October 1, 2007 | Rating: B- | Full Review… -
Certain characters and their particular pains become so engrossing in their 10-minute bits that it's sad to see them go.
January 8, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
It's unclear why Garcia continues to choose to limit himself to these diluted portraits, rather than the layered and textured worlds that his writing and directing hint at.
December 31, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
But when a piece works, like Penn's, Garcia's film soars, the over-theatricality of the artifice forgotten amidst the brilliance showcased by the actors onscreen.
December 31, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
If only every women's movie had Nine Lives' fire, intelligence, and conviction, they wouldn't have such a shaky reputation in the first place.
December 31, 2005 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Nine Lives
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Dec 14, 2010The concept is not original at all, that's probably why it has such a low average. If you've seen Crash and Magnolia and you liked it, than I don't see why you wouldn't like this one. Some good solid acting and 'drama for your mama'.Saskia D Super Reviewer
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Sep 25, 2007Another really strong Rodrigo Garcia movie that explores the complexity of women.Sunil J Super Reviewer
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Jul 13, 2007i'm a huge, huge fan of multiple storyline, vignette movies, and some of them have been executed really well - crash, paris je t'aime, amores perros (or anything alejandro gonzalez inarritu, to tell you the truth.). and so it's not that i don't like this style of moviemaking. it's just that this particular film's ideas were so half-baked, so underdeveloped, so cliche. i mean, the one story with the deaf guy and lorna was perhaps the only original one that truly captured me. some were well-acted but the story was very very poor. and the so-called "connections" are a joke. it's like...geographical proximity is the only thing they have in common. i like to have a parallel drawn between the stories, not some, "oh! i vaguely recognize this character. oh yes, i remember, from the last story! yay!" i mean, i get it, it's about 9 women's lives and their difficulties dealing with loss or love or whatever. it wasn't a bad idea for a movie and garcia did admirably under the circumstances but he really should've thought this through more.Jennifer X Super Reviewer
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May 25, 2007Women are amazing. lol I liked this more than I thought I would. It's 9 short, approx. 10 min films about moments in the lives of 9 women. Some are better than others. The ones that stood out to me: Robin Right (sp?) Penn running into a former lover at a supermarket, Sissy Spasek contimplating an affair, Lisa Gay Hamilton working up the nerve to confront her father on his child abuse. Also, there's a quietly sad Holly Hunter trapped in a relationship with a jerk, Amy Brenerman attending her ex husband's wife's funeral, and Kathy Baker about to have a mysectomy. (obviously sp.) The three least compelling: Glen Close and Dakota Fanning visiting a cemetary, some actress at prison, and the dumb girl from Mean Girls talking to her parents. They all add to the film, but they were the least interesting for me. Also, all films are one continuous shot.Joey N Super Reviewer
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