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Chelsea Walls

Rating
5.2
98
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Original title
Chelsea Walls
Year
Running time
112 min.
Country
United States United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Drama
Synopsis
In New York's storied Chelsea Hotel, a novelist, a dancer, a painter, a poet, an aged jazz singer, and a young troubadour sort out their personal and artistic lives within walls haunted by the likes of Dylan Thomas, O. Henry, and Sarah Bernhardt. A boozy novelist balances wife, mistress, and stories. A dancer who's a waitress in the basement club chooses between a Hollywood jerk and a local painter. A youth from Minnesota who composes and sings may be the next Bob Dylan. A poet decides to give her feckless boyfriend another chance, even as her eyes tell us she knows what's ahead. An old jazz artist wants to place a bet and share his love for Lady Day. These walls do seem to talk.
Critics' reviews
  • "Ethan Hawke, in his feature directorial debut, has brought Nicolette Burdette's play to the screen with fluid grace and a perfect blend of dreaminess and grit, expressed in camerawork that seems to float"
  • "The cast is certainly impressive, and probably reason enough for seeing this"
  • "Aims for a sadness and desperation that is crudely announced rather than subtly demonstrated."
  • "Speak a great deal, but they don't have much to say. A dull ensembler."
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User history
Chelsea Walls
2001
Ethan Hawke
5.2
(98)
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