Carnage

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Carnage

2003

2h 13m

Drama

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36 Reviews

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Characters (Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Lio) come upon various body parts of a bull that was slain in the ring.

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Carnage has some narrative messiness. But the beautiful thing here - besides Gleize's fabulous eye - is that not a single one of her solutions for the healing that takes place in her characters' lives is predictable.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 8, 2004

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Robert K. Elder

Chicago Tribune

Confidently directed and tightly constructed, Carnage announces the presence of a fresh, powerful directorial mind with each frame.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 11, 2003

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

It's very European, and extremely intriguing.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 14, 2003

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Delphine Gleize achieves a mastery of the visual, the metaphoric, and the dramatic that few other veteran filmmakers could pull off.

Aug 8, 2004

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

[Director] Gleize has nevertheless written an imaginative and loopy script where the twisting storylines, each with its own distinct tone, eventually connect.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 9, 2004

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

there are far better movies that don't try your patience like Carnage does

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 10, 2004

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Audience Member

An ensemble movie tying 6 seemingly unrelated stories together. The narrative is complex and sometimes hard to follow, and demands viewer's attention to fully appreciate it. The cast is excellent as well as cinematography, and the movie is mesmerizing at times. However, as a whole, it doesn't work as well as the sum of its parts, partly due to just too much going on and too many contrivances to tie the story together. Also, on more than one occasion the dialog made little sense - perhaps something was lost in translation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

A unique film that weaves different lives together through one event - the killing of a bull in a bullfight. There are many elements to the movie and it's sometimes hard to see how everything relates to each other but all is revealed by the end. Odd bits of humor are thrown in this otherwise interesting but mostly serious tale. I really enjoyed this movie. I think the cinematography is well done and even the plot (although strange) easily draws you in.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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i enjoyed watching this film but had a hard time following the plot. i understood what was happening by the end of the film but wrestled with how the story got there. this movie is worth checking out.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

So vivid, so new, so underrated.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

this film blends several stories into a mish mash of social commentary and statements on the human condition. it was bright, beautiful and esoteric. the soundtrack was powerful and gave the film a palpability that truly made it stick in my memory.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Horrible. Boring and a waste of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Delphine Gleize

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Chiara Mastroianni

Carlotta

Ángela Molina

Alicia

Lio

Betty

Lucia Sanchez

Jeanne

Esther Gorintin

Rosie

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Synopsis

Characters (Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Lio) come upon various body parts of a bull that was slain in the ring.

Director: Delphine Gleize
Producer: Jérôme Dopffer
Distributor: Wellspring Cinema
Production Co: France 3 Cinéma
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 5, 2003, Original
Release Date (DVD): Feb 17, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.2K
Runtime: 2h 13m