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Dominican Rep. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2,198
Drama
When The Bridge of San Luis Rey breaks, five travellers are precipitated into the gulf below. Was it chance or the hand of God that brought these five together at that fatal time in that place? Or were they in some way responsible, themselves, for what happened? These questions are raised with uncynical compassion and answered by Wilder with an indirect affirmation of the power of love. Set in early 18th century Peru at the height of ... [+]
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"Ultimately comes across as a soporific costume drama featuring a gallery of miscast stars" | NEG |
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United States |
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"Though handsomely mounted, this parable of intersecting destinies and implacable tragedy is as lifeless as a wax tableau" | NEU |
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United States |
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"After watching this movie, which stars Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates and Gabriel Byrne, I was moved only to find my own bridge to leap from." | NEG |
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United States |
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"I am surrounded by oceans of boredom," the campy Abraham complains at one point. It's a sentiment audiences are bound to share" | NEG |
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United States |
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"Rates an inquisition of its own" | NEG |
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United States |
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"May be the opposite of trash, but it is something just as disposable: dead literary meat." | NEG |
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