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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780780633483 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0780633482 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 19, 2000 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Sales Rank: 5345 MPN: TRNDN5150D
Description: A therapist (Jennifer Lopez, Out Of Sight) uses an experimental treatment to enter the mind of a serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio, Men In Black) to learn his secrets. An FBI agent (Vince Vaughn, Swingers) must rescue her from the killer's nightmare mind
Amazon.com: Schizoid serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) has been captured at last, but a neurological seizure has rendered him comatose, and FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughan) has no way to determine the location of Stargher's latest and still-living victim. To probe the secrets contained in Stargher's traumatized psyche, the FBI recruits psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), who has mastered a new technology that allows her to enter the mind of another person. What she finds in Stargher's head is a theater of the grotesque, which, as envisioned by first-time director Tarsem Singh, is a smorgasbord of the surreal that borrows liberally from the Brothers Quay, Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, Hieronymous Bosch, Salvador Dali, and a surplus of other cannibalized sources.
This provides one of the wildest, weirdest visual feasts ever committed to film, and The Cell earns a place among such movie mind-trips as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Altered States, What Dreams May Come, and Un Chien Andalou. Is this a good thing? Sure, if all you want is freakazoid eye-candy. If you're looking for emotional depth, substantial plot, and artistic coherence, The Cell is sure to disappoint. The pop-psychology pablum of Mark Protosevich's screenplay would be laughable if it weren't given such somber significance, and Singh's exploitative use of sadomasochistic imagery is repugnant (this movie makes Seven look tame), so you're better off marveling at the nightmare visions that are realized with astonishing potency. The Cell is too shallow to stay in your head for long, but while it's there, it's one hell of a show. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Just a bad mix
This movie is something like "The Matrix" meets "The Silence of the Lambs" meets "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." Say, huh?
The story's based on a psychopath drama, but ... Read More
Rating: - Decent concept, terrible execution....
I remember many critics (including Roger Ebert) were raving about this film, comparing Tarsem (the director) to Jodorowsky, Tarkovsky, Fellini, and the like. Many people throw comparisons like that around ... Read More
Rating: - One of my favorite movies, despite the bad reviews...[SPOILERS]
I know just about everyone has bad things to say about this movie. And I think I know why. Bad casting. Jennifer Lopez was cast probably because she - like the movie - is very nice to look at. If they had ... Read More
Rating: - A disturbing movie where the visual imagery stays with you for some time
This is a disturbing movie; I had to watch it in segments, as the bizarre nature of the violence was unnerving. Vincent D'Onofrio plays a serial killer with a bizarre way of handling his victims. He snatches ... Read More
- awesome!
- Just a bad mix
- Decent concept, terrible execution....
- One of my favorite movies, despite the bad reviews...[SPOILERS]