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Southland Tales

2006

Richard Kelly

Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore ...

4.9

1,294

Sci-Fi. Thriller. Comedy Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and David Clark, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

	Author	Review
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"If a more incoherent and self-indulgent movie has been released so far this century, I'm not aware of it"	NEG
United States	Ruthe Stein SFGATE	"A mess, and that's really a shame."	NEG
United States	David Edelstein Vulture	"Love it or laugh at it, you will gaze on Southland Tales with awe"	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Exasperatingly convoluted, self-amused and politically sophomoric"	NEG
United States	Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"Dizzyingly incoherent and subversively surreal, this sophomore effort from the man who made the great, strange 'Donnie Darko' is certain to have its fans. I'm not going to be one of them."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	Rarely has a picture been so self-consciously designed to be a culturally meaningful touchstone, and fallen so woefully short, as Southland Tales.	NEG
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Funny, audacious, messy and feverishly inspired look at America and its discontents"	POS
United States	Ray Bennett The Hollywood Reporter	"A slow-paced, bloated and self-indulgent picture that combines science fiction, sophomoric humor and grisly violence soaked in a music-video sensibility"	NEG

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