Claire Dolan

Released Sep 13, 1998

1h 35m

Drama

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25%

8 Reviews

Tomatometer

56%

250+ Ratings

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Following her mother's death, a New York prostitute (Katrin Cartlidge) leaves her profession to find a mate and have a child.

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A terrific film that deserves to be seen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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A very bleak movie centering around a high-class call girl. Stylistically it's very similar to "Clean, Shaven" (director's previous effort). While it has a few moments of brilliance, as a whole the style doesn't quite work for this movie. Perhaps it needs a bit more of a background story or character development, as the characters are so distant and unlikeable it's hard to sympathize with or care for them.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Booooooooooooooooring

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Another brilliant character study from Kerrigan. He demonstrates a surprising amount of maturity for what is only his second film. The writing is assured in that, it is what is NOT said, that keeps us intrigued. The lack of feeling permeates each scene. Bresson is a huge inlfuence. Visual storytelling at its most precise and detached. Katrin Cartlidge gives us one of the finest performances of the decade. Thankfully, her final images on screen are heartwarming and moving. It's the strength of Lodge's first two films that helped give him international acclaim. It's not surprising that shortly thereafter Soderbergh would be giving him a call...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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one of those movies that sticks with you for a while after viewing. cartlidge is great and d'onofrio is surprisingly kinda decked in a ruffalo way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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In spite of Cartlidge's impressive performance in the lead, the film devotes so much of its energy to building and sustaining a mood of urban desolation that the story never quite jells.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Lodge Kerrigan

Director

Katrin Cartlidge

Claire Dolan

Vincent D'Onofrio

Elton Garrett

Colm Meaney

Roland Cain

John Doman

Cain's Friend

Maryanne Plunkett

Mary Egan

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J. Hoberman

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Less awful than inert, Claire Dolan comes across as a willfully bad movie.

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

[Kerrigan] accepts the challenge of central characters who do not let us know what they're thinking.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Hannah Brown

New York Post

In spite of Cartlidge's impressive performance in the lead, the film is simply not as involving or moving as it should be.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Jun 30, 2005

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Reel.com

Rated: 2/4

Jun 15, 2002

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Jeremiah Kipp

Filmcritic.com

Clinically austere.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 14, 2001

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Synopsis

Following her mother's death, a New York prostitute (Katrin Cartlidge) leaves her profession to find a mate and have a child.

Director: Lodge Kerrigan
Screenwriter: Lodge Kerrigan
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures, Independent Feature Project, New Yorker Films
Production Co: MK2 Productions, Serene Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 13, 1998, Original
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.5K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital