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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenHuston's performance is spellbinding. And the naturally lit digital cinematography (by Rose and Ron Forsythe) is both poetic and harrowingly intimate in depicting Ivan's impending death.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDirector Bernard Rose has created a committed, intelligent and fascinating piece of work with no irony about it.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensContrived as this may sound, Mr. Rose's updating works surprisingly well. -- the story's sympathetic, tragic sense of the fragility of individual dignity is, if anything, made even more haunting in this version.
- 70New Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinNew Times (L.A.)David EhrensteinShot on High Definition video, this exceptionally well-made but exceedingly bleak peek at tinseltown would be unbearable were it not for the sympathetic performance of Danny Huston.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIts high-definition video images -- are coated with a convincing sheen of disgust, and Huston's performance is riveting.
- 60Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimBoldly engineering a collision between tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie, Rose's film, true to its source material, provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer.
- 60VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyAchieves a certain poignancy through its sensitivity to mortality in a context where illness and death are often thought of primarily in terms of gossip, blown deals and lost money.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsIt is both inside-baseball and self-parody, exposing a world that is just as ruthless and shallow as we've been shown it is in films like "The Player" and "Permanent Midnight."
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNot enough to save ivansxtc from, of all things, dullness.
- 38New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannBehind the glitz, Hollywood is sordid and disgusting. Quelle surprise!