The Canyons

Name: The Canyons
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: August 2, 2013
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 36
Cast: James Deen, Lindsay Lohan, Nolan Gerard Funk

2013

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IFC Films | Release Date: August 2, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: James Deen, Lindsay Lohan, Nolan Gerard Funk

Summary: Manipulative and scheming young movie producer Christian makes films to keep his trust fund intact, while his actress girlfriend and bored plaything, Tara, hides a passionate affair with an actor from her past. When Christian becomes aware of Tara's infidelity, the young Angelenos are thrust into a violent, sexually-charged tour through theManipulative and scheming young movie producer Christian makes films to keep his trust fund intact, while his actress girlfriend and bored plaything, Tara, hides a passionate affair with an actor from her past. When Christian becomes aware of Tara's infidelity, the young Angelenos are thrust into a violent, sexually-charged tour through the dark side of human nature. [IFC FIlms]… Expand

Director: Paul Schrader

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Jul 31, 2013

Schrader tries to find the human side of it all, and he scores with Lohan, who taps a vulnerability beneath her dissolution to remind you why she's still a movie star. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Jul 30, 2013

People who don't understand movies often speak of them as escapism, a kind of passive fantasy. Lohan's performance in The Canyons, so naked in all ways, is the ultimate retort to that kind of idiocy: To watch it is to live in the moment. Read full review

Film.com Matt Patches

Jul 30, 2013

The Canyons has all the elegance and depth of a daytime soap opera, peppered with flashes of name brand nudity for a tantalizing hook. It’s a slog. Read full review

David Denby

Jul 29, 2013

The Canyons is not porn, but it has the demoralized second-rateness and the lowlife inanity of the porn world. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Aug 8, 2013

The Canyons is a bad accident everyone saw coming, and now it is here. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Jul 28, 2013

Far from the renegade, boundary-pushing, sexually explicit sensation that its makers have been suggesting, The Canyons is a lame, one-dimensional and ultimately dreary look at peripheral Hollywood types not worth anyone's time either onscreen or in real life. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Aug 1, 2013

Paul Schrader’s The Canyons is not the worst movie of 2013 — it's marginally better than "InAPPpropriate Comedy" and "Scary Movie 5," two even worse bombs that Lindsay Lohan also lent her rapidly diminishing talents to — but it is surely the most boring I’ve seen. Read full review

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danielcruz90

Aug 4, 2013

The movie was getting bashed by critics even before it started production last Summer once Lindsay Lohan joined the film. Lindsay's performance is actually quite good. This is a very dark and edgy film and it really allows that side of her persona to flesh out throughout the twisted plot.The movie was getting bashed by critics even before it started production last Summer once Lindsay Lohan joined the film. Lindsay's performance is actually quite good. This is a very dark and edgy film and it really allows that side of her persona to flesh out throughout the twisted plot.

I felt that the movie was well written and directed for a low-budget film. I loved the whole montage of closed cinemas throughout the movie and the way that young spoiled people in Hollywood behave. Lohan plays the role of damaged Tara flawlessly with seemingly little to no effort.

I feel that nobody should take what the critics say seriously because most of them don't appear to have any taste in films these days. Whatever films they praise, turn out to be mundane dramas with no substance and they curse rare gems like this. Please watch the movie and ignore the negative publicity.… Expand

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Smiler_0

Jun 26, 2019

Eres increíble actúas super bien lindasy omg so amazyng omgggggg i love youuuuu

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Luisdark27

Aug 4, 2013

This movie is not the best film i ever seen, but is goog and the Lindsay performance was excellent, i think that the actors did a great job in this film.

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NoahCoward

Apr 13, 2014

I know the reviews were terrible. Out of curiosity I watched in anyway. Also I was interested in what's become of Lindsey Lohan.

The movie maintains suspense; I kept watching because I wasn't sure where it was all headed. Also, it portrays a layer of the movie business andI know the reviews were terrible. Out of curiosity I watched in anyway. Also I was interested in what's become of Lindsey Lohan.

The movie maintains suspense; I kept watching because I wasn't sure where it was all headed. Also, it portrays a layer of the movie business and neighborhoods of Los Angeles differently than other main stream movies typically do.

Bottom line, "The Canyons" is terrible, I'd call it solidly mediocre.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Sep 1, 2014

While it suffers from low-budget syndrome and a poor direction from Mr. Schrader, Lindsay Lohan still shines--she sure does have a talent in acting after all these years.

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mapizarro

Oct 9, 2013

Film that tries to be independent, cult movie and almost it succeeds. "The Canyons" reminds me of "The Other Woman" or the Spanish film "Allegre ma non troppo". Lindsay Lohan recovers some of its former essence. The biggest problem with the film is not the script or the director, not, theFilm that tries to be independent, cult movie and almost it succeeds. "The Canyons" reminds me of "The Other Woman" or the Spanish film "Allegre ma non troppo". Lindsay Lohan recovers some of its former essence. The biggest problem with the film is not the script or the director, not, the problem is the partner of Lohan, James Deen. What does a porn actor starring in a movie? His performance is like a homemade short films actor.… Expand

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BrianMcCritic

Aug 14, 2013

This film fails because the story in pointless and the acting is awful. Basically what we get is a meandering story with a bunch of sex scenes mixed in. For soft core porn this acting might be good, but in the world of mainstream film making this acting is cringe worthy. F

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