Eros
Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | Release Date: April 8, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
15
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The best is "Equilibrium" by Soderbergh, about a man being analyzed by a distracted shrink. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A classy triple shot of film erotica from three brilliant writer-directors. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
The young guns on board are Wong Kar Wai and Steven Soderbergh, and it's sad to report that they massively outshine the nonagenarian Antonioni. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Variable ratings: The Hand (4 stars), Equilibrium (3 stars), The Dangerous Thread of Things (1 star). Read full review
60
VarietyDavid Rooney
What might have been a cinephile's wet dream turns out instead to be seductive, stimulating and sodden, in that order, in the three-chapter reflection on love and desire. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
The omnibus film usually saves its home run for the climax, but Eros begins with the best third, Wong Kar-wai's "The Hand." Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Lovely though it is to look at, it does not reveal very much. Sampling the works of three prominent directors in one sitting may be what gives anthology films like this one their appeal, but the experience is often more frustrating than fulfilling. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
The only real reason to catch Eros is to see Wong Kar-Wai's beautiful opening piece, "The Hand." Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
I guess one out of three ain't bad. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
For the invited filmmaker, the opportunity to make a statement is surely a thrill, but for the viewer - who can't pause indefinitely, as with a book, between stories - the focus-shifting is a demand. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's so affected and arch it flops into self parody. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Only one of the three episodes of the anthology film Eros delivers on the title's promise. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
It's a triptych of erotic-themed short films directed by contemporary giants Wong Kar-wai and Steven Soderbergh, and nonagenarian master Michelangelo Antonioni. But the auteurist feast turns out to be a paltry spread, with one director on autopilot, another playing it safe, and the last apparently working on assignment for the European "Red Shoe Diaries." Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
A maddeningly uneven triptych. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Like most anthology films, this thematically linked trio of shorts is a mixed bag. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
When the producers of Eros, a triptych of short stories about eroticism and desire, described what they wanted from Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, American Steven Soderbergh and Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni, they must have written the memo in Chinese. Only Wong attempted something sensual. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The three films are watchable but resolutely minor works, though each has something to recommend it. Read full review
50
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Both Wong and Soderbergh have understandably expressed their gratitude at, even in this tripartite way, being part of an Antonioni project... But Eros is better for what they contribute than for his work. Read full review
40
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Interesting misfires from Wong Kar-wai and Steven Soderbergh barely manage to atone for the seedy muddle concocted by eightysomething Michelangelo Antonioni, who mocks his own reputation for existential ellipsis with his voyeuristic vignette. Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
In reality, Eros is a letdown, a collection of bagatelles that, with one exception, fails to live up to its promise. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A flaccidly pretentious and snooze-inducing trilogy of allegedly racy tales. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It doesn't seem like overstating things to say that Eros becomes steadily worse as it goes along. Read full review
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