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A misguided project from Holland: Watching Verlaine and Rimbeau engage in endless arguments about the nature of love, you wonder when they had time to create the poetry that revolutionized the world. Jan 9, 2007 | Rating: C | Full Review…
A misguided project from Holland: Watching Verlaine and Rimbeau engage in endless arguments about the nature of love, you wonder when they had time to create the poetry that revolutionized the world.
Emanuel Levy
Fascinating biopic marred by Di Caprio's performance. Feb 18, 2004 | Rating: 4/5
Fascinating biopic marred by Di Caprio's performance.
Ken Hanke
Despite its fascinating subject matter, Total Eclipse is both unflattering and loveless. Jul 31, 2003 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Despite its fascinating subject matter, Total Eclipse is both unflattering and loveless.
Ed Gonzalez
a noble effort to capture Rimbaud's genius, but it fails to take enough risks to get close to the enigmatic poet. Oct 11, 2002 | Rating: C | Full Review…
a noble effort to capture Rimbaud's genius, but it fails to take enough risks to get close to the enigmatic poet.
John A. Nesbit
A disappointing biography about the homosexual relationship of two famous 19th century French poets. Feb 13, 2001 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
A disappointing biography about the homosexual relationship of two famous 19th century French poets.
Dennis Schwartz
The Rimbaud seen here is less a poet warrior than cloying brat. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 50/100
The Rimbaud seen here is less a poet warrior than cloying brat.
Opening credits go on way too long, there is some vacany in the story's execution and the film also slips to some other lows. Still, DiCaprio is, get this, phenomenal. I know, czazy isn't it? He is also hilarious comic relief, which really is shocking when you consider how serious of an actor he is, Academy. There are also some other great performances, good lines for DiCaprio, I hate to admit it, but excellent chemistry between Thewlis and DiCaprio and other high points that could have made it a much more solid film, had the story been delivered better. Still, it is an interesting film that's fairly worth checking out.
Super Reviewer
A young Leonardo...already an outstanding actor. He absolutely stole this film as his own even at such a young age. I love period dramas, and biographical dramas, so this movie was just perfect for me. Leo portrays a supposedly true-to-life strange and crazy poet in this movie. I can't imagine anyone doing a better job than he did. Very interesting film.
David Thewlis is such a horrible actor that it destroyed this movie. This was a great performance for Leonardo DiCaprio and I feel his portrayal was the only interesting thing about the movie. Even with getting to see Leonardo naked a few times... I still cannot recommend the movie. Seeing Leonardo shine as an actor may only be because of the poor acting of co-stars!
I must've been pretty darn bored the day I decided to watch this, and must've been willing to watch just about any movie. It's based on a true story, which is usually a good thing, but I don't agree with the homo or bisexual lifestyle and that's what this is about....but there's some good movies about that, but still, this isn't one of them. I just found the story boring (I'm not into art anyway), and I'm sure it's mainly the ladies and a few old perverts that would really want to watch "Total Eclipse" and that just to see Leonardo Dicaprio naked.
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