Red Knot

Name: Red Knot
Genre: Drama
Released: December 5, 2014
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 61

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| Release Date: December 5, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Peter (Vincent Kartheiser) and Chloe (Olivia Thirlby), a young married couple from New York, decide on impulse to take a belated honeymoon on-board a research vessel en route to the icy wastes of Antarctica. Not long into the journey, Chloe begins to feel neglected and betrayed by Peter, who is focused on gathering information for anPeter (Vincent Kartheiser) and Chloe (Olivia Thirlby), a young married couple from New York, decide on impulse to take a belated honeymoon on-board a research vessel en route to the icy wastes of Antarctica. Not long into the journey, Chloe begins to feel neglected and betrayed by Peter, who is focused on gathering information for an article he plans to publish on their return about the work of one of their fellow passengers, the whale biologist Roger Payne. After an unforgivable betrayal of trust by Peter, Chloe turns their fledgling marriage upside down by moving into her own room and staking out her independence onboard the ship. Drawing attention to the poles within each of us, the impressionistic story oscillates between the super-confined interiors of the ship and the vast open spaces of Antarctica. In the end, it's not until Chloe and Peter are lost - perhaps literally, perhaps metaphorically - in the Antarctic ice that they discover how essential one is to the other.… Expand

Director: Scott Cohen

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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John DeFore

Dec 4, 2014

A quiet stunner of a drama. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Dec 14, 2014

Red Knot" is insightful in the way few first films are, and marks Cohen as a filmmaker to watch. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Dec 2, 2014

Scott Cohen's Red Knot exhibits such spot-on, heartbreaking honesty about behaviors that tear many couples apart — passive-aggressiveness, career obsession, seeking validation to soothe one's inadequacies — that it's easy to forgive Cohen his metaphorical excesses. Read full review

Kate Erbland

Dec 3, 2014

Cohen’s insights into relationships are sharp, however, and Red Knot is an auspicious start for the budding filmmaker, one rife with good instincts, smart direction, and crisp writing. Kartheiser and Thirlby are the main attraction, however, and when these two ships pass on their own icy seas, the result is more than worth the plunge. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Dec 6, 2014

It's no surprise that first-time director Scott Cohen is a nature photographer by trade: he's made one of the most gorgeous movies you'll see this year. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 4, 2014

Lacking a formal script, the actors struggle with a plot so elemental that it might have played more persuasively as a silent-screen melodrama. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Dec 8, 2014

As Red Knot (very) slowly unwinds, Thirlby conveys an impressive range of emotions through the eloquence of her facial expressions and body language. Like Kartheiser, however, she labors under the burden of playing a role that is more a vague concept than a fully developed character. Read full review

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dinojay2

Jul 20, 2015

If not for the incredible Antarctic scenery I wouldn't really recommend anything about this movie. Sure, they go to great lengths to explore identity and connection and trust and all that, but in the end it just feels like a thin story line concocted to justify a movie based in Antarctica. IIf not for the incredible Antarctic scenery I wouldn't really recommend anything about this movie. Sure, they go to great lengths to explore identity and connection and trust and all that, but in the end it just feels like a thin story line concocted to justify a movie based in Antarctica. I certainly understand the impulse, and the natural footage is amazing, but the actual plot falls far short of justifying the intense emotion we are supposed to feel for characters who basically just come across as childish and petty. The actors were fine, however, and squeezed as much as they could out of the little they were given.… Expand

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