The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
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Critic Consensus: The 9th Life of Louis Drax is intriguing and visually compelling, but its disparate parts are never truly woven into a satisfying whole.
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Cast
as Dr. Allan Pascal
as Natalie
as Peter
as Louis Drax
as Dr. Perez
as Dalton
as Violet
as Sophie
as Dr. Janek
as Doctor (X-Ray)
as Louis Age 2
as Elliottt
as ER Nurse
as ER Patient
as ER Nurse
as Morgue Technician
as Macy
as Ellie
as Seaworld Trainer
as Caitlin
as Alex
as Helen
as Milo
as Navarra
as Receptionist
as Pysch Patient #1
as Pysch Patient #2
as Pysch Patient #2
Critic Reviews for The 9th Life of Louis Drax
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A dopey psychological thriller that combines elements of "The Sixth Sense" with an overbearing sentimentality, "The 9th Life of Louis Drax" flat-lines from beginning to end.
Works as both a children's movie for adults and a grownup movie for kids, a rare balancing act most young-adult fare can't pull off.
What might be engrossing in Liz Jensen's source novel is oddly opaque in this screen mishmash, and much of what's meant to be tense or suspenseful is merely awkward.
The 9th Life of Louis Drax excels at grabbing you with a steady stream of provocative and ornate images. But to what end, I'm still not sure.
Either you'll be willing to go with some of its wilder visual conceits or you won't. (I was, for the most part.)
An intriguing but uneven thriller that doesn't fully establish the tone and style that would be needed for an audience to accept its supernatural plot.
Audience Reviews for The 9th Life of Louis Drax
The film has style and imagination that keeps this from being a complete a typical film. The actors are well cast and the conclusion adds further depth but there is something missing that stops this film from being anything more. The pacing is slow and kind of unavoidable with the style and direction but this story doesn't gel like it should. It is similar in the story sense like Horns which also failed to connect the high concept with story elements. I liked the film and found the overall arc interesting, just not a film for everyone.
Super Reviewer
A great might have been that slipped in the stitching together of its disparate parts. Still interesting although a confusing mash by the forced ending.
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