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The Blackout

1997

Abel Ferrara

Matthew Modine, Béatrice Dalle, Claudia Schiffer, Dennis Hopper ...

4.8

1,235

Drama. Thriller Director Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT) looks at the dark side of the glamorous life in this tale of drink and drugs in the life of Matty (Matthew Modine), a Hollywood actor. When Matty moves to Miami in the hopes of giving up his Hollywood lifestyle and marrying his girlfriend Annie, everything falls apart when she turns him down. He goes on an overnight binge, meets a beautiful waitress also named Annie, and blacks out. Eighteen months ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr The New York Times	"[It] caused a stampede when it was shown at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. That it is only now receiving a New York theatrical premiere [2001] says a lot about what the film promises, and what the film delivers"	NEG
United Kingdom	Time Out	"So incoherent, sloppy and determinedly sleazy that it looks like self-parody"	NEG
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"A dizzying visual style can hardly conceal the shallow and self-indulgent nature of Abel Ferrara’s newest (...) It’s doubtful that even Ferrara’s hard-core fans will like this sleazy, borderline exploitation movie"	NEG
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"The film has its isolated powerful moments, as every Ferrara movie does. But here, they remain far too isolated."	NEU
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Imbecilic piffle (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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