Tuvalu

Name: Tuvalu
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: December 7, 2001
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Denis Lavant

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Indican Pictures | Release Date: December 7, 2001

Starring: Chulpan Khamatova, Denis Lavant

Summary: A black and white "silent" comedy told only with images and international dialogue.

Director: Veit Helmer

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Runtime: 101 min

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Marjorie Baumgarten

A concept executed with bravura style, intelligent curiosity, and playful wit. Read full review

Janice Page

Astounding. It is also bizarre, challenging, and, at times, admirably overreaching. In short, it's the kind of ambitious little film that can leave critics in a swoon and American moviegoers scratching their heads.

Merle Bertrand

Ultimately a rewarding -- if weird -- experience. It's just too bad that it takes so long to get there. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Helmer's wildly whimsical debut film, Tuvalu, is the kind of movie that might one day find itself in the hall of fame of surreal movie weirdness alongside cult favorites like "Eraserhead," "Delicatessen" and the avant-garde frolics of Guy Maddin. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

This one-of-a kind charmer casts an immediate and delightful spell. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The film's tone is a matter of taste -- the more you enjoy the melancholy silent comedies of Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, the more likely you are to embrace its sensibility -- but it's undeniably the product of a singular and beautifully realized vision. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

A disappointment, a precious and grotesque exercise reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Delicatessen," only less amusing. Read full review

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StanleyKubrick

Sep 18, 2016

A faux-silent film without anything of interest except some beautiful cinematography and some nice locations in Bulgaria. It's very boring, infantile, silly and seemingly the product of a low intelligence. It's not really a film for adults, because it's too childish and naive for that, andA faux-silent film without anything of interest except some beautiful cinematography and some nice locations in Bulgaria. It's very boring, infantile, silly and seemingly the product of a low intelligence. It's not really a film for adults, because it's too childish and naive for that, and it's neither a film for children, because it's too arty and slow for that. And it features even a sex toy, so it's not really family friendly either. Sure, it's an unusual film, but this is no quality in itself, if there's no story to tell or any substance. This is a film for no one, except some movie freaks, who like to see a film without any dialogue. But they should watch instead "Le dernier combat" (1983), the far superior debut feature by Luc Besson, which was obviously a huge influence on this. Besson did it much better years before and created a small classic. This is a waste of time.… Expand

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