35 Shots of Rum
Cinema Guild | Release Date: September 16, 2009
6.3
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Generally favorable reviews based on 60 Ratings
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NancySoirApr 10, 2011
Loved the camera pans on this film. Sound is incredibly power-full. Hard to follow the story, but keeps you on the edge of your seat with suspense. Unlikely traditional French Film, and story telling.
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CWeinMar 13, 2010
This movie is on my worst ever list. I usually agree with Metacritic ratings but this one is way off. Nothing happens the whole movie. The characters are boring as is the script. I would not recommend this movie for my worst enemy.
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resatfuatJul 9, 2011
Yarısına kadar tahammül edebildiÄ
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DTJan 21, 2010
I don´t mind the silence nor the simplicity of the movie. What bothers me about this movie is Denis´ total lack of imagination when it comes to depicting the strong bond between father and daughter. A smiling daughter (whenever I don´t mind the silence nor the simplicity of the movie. What bothers me about this movie is Denis´ total lack of imagination when it comes to depicting the strong bond between father and daughter. A smiling daughter (whenever she hears her father come home) and constant! hugging and kissing aren´t the most interesting ways of showing love and devotion on screen and certainly fail to communicate all the negative aspects this kind of relationship provokes like dependency, suffocation and so on. Nice idea, but in my eyes poorly executed.… Expand
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5
TomGNov 2, 2009
Overrated: a highly stylized and almost prim vision of Black Paris. The people, like the apartments, are unconvincingly grand and silent amidst their working class neighborhoods and jobs. The coincidences that lend pathos to the story are Overrated: a highly stylized and almost prim vision of Black Paris. The people, like the apartments, are unconvincingly grand and silent amidst their working class neighborhoods and jobs. The coincidences that lend pathos to the story are forced. Claire Denis overreaches here and doesn't bring it off--though there's no denying that the critics have loved it.… Expand
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5
PyrHOct 28, 2009
Lovely scenes of working class Paris, though the living spaces seem much too bourgeois 'intello' with books everywhere for the train workers depicted. The nearly all Black cast is excellent and worth watching whatever they say or Lovely scenes of working class Paris, though the living spaces seem much too bourgeois 'intello' with books everywhere for the train workers depicted. The nearly all Black cast is excellent and worth watching whatever they say or do. But this film suffers from Claire Denis' pretentious, mannered take on the emotional lives of its subjects: there is much too much silence--too much quiet--in their lives and the highly symbolic coincidences are unconvincing. Is it a white intellectual's overly reverent appreciation of Black Paris that's at fault? Or is it that Denis tells every story with a formality and 'respect' that leaves out the noise and stir of real life--and real feelings. Perhaps both. In any case, this is a classic of the succès de critique. The critics love it for its demure, understated silences.… Expand
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NKNov 14, 2009
Beautifully filmed, strong main characters and one particular scene (in the bar) that might be one of the best scenes in 2009. Still, it is excruciatingly boring. 1h30 that look like three hours. nothing truly happens. one ridiculously silly Beautifully filmed, strong main characters and one particular scene (in the bar) that might be one of the best scenes in 2009. Still, it is excruciatingly boring. 1h30 that look like three hours. nothing truly happens. one ridiculously silly scene (in germany - completely and utterly unnecessary to the plot) most absurd, anti-climatic movie ending in quite a long time.… Expand
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CharlesS.Sep 17, 2009
Saw this at a festival...its a beautiful, simple film. True gem and very moving. That bar scene is one of the best scenes in cinema.
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ryancarroll88Aug 27, 2010
The character relationships presented are all very intriguing, and all of the actors (including the single-scene supporting actors) give the movie an enveloping depth, but the movie just doesn't allow anything to develop from that depth - inThe character relationships presented are all very intriguing, and all of the actors (including the single-scene supporting actors) give the movie an enveloping depth, but the movie just doesn't allow anything to develop from that depth - in a movie that is trying very hard to be a drama, atmosphere only goes so far.… Expand
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joomjim4Jun 18, 2012
This movie is a true gem. This is probably all that I ever expect when I step into the theatre and be in front of the screen. Claire Denis amazingly established characters
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cjdynamiteAug 20, 2013
I watched this based completely on the metascore and the fact i'd never heard of it. Dear God I shouldn't have bothered. This movie is dull, the script is awful, the style is an eye sore. This is the type of pretentious trash that should beI watched this based completely on the metascore and the fact i'd never heard of it. Dear God I shouldn't have bothered. This movie is dull, the script is awful, the style is an eye sore. This is the type of pretentious trash that should be destined for movie hell. Terrible.… Expand
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andrex3Mar 13, 2021
an adorable tale of the cycles of life. extremely sublime. the sound design is superb.
real peace of art.
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