Eureka

R

1983

2h 9m

Comedy

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40%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

51%

1,000+ Ratings

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An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters want.

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Lee N

As I write, 'Eureka' has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 33%, which seems ridiculous. Even more ridiculous, it's described as a comedy - whilst it has its funny moments, it's no more a comedy than 'Taxi Driver' is a musical or 'Hostel' is a romance. This is a grim, gritty psychological drama - don't be put off by the nonsense on this page!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/10/23

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ashley h

Eureka is an excellent film. It is about Arctic prospector Jack McCann who becomes a rich man when he strikes gold in 1925. Gene Hackman and Theresa Russell give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. Nicolas Roeg did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama. Eureka is a must see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

good modern western like robert altman's 'mccabe & mrs. miller'

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

A mess of a film. Rutger Hauer as a qabalahist? Setting alive metaphors in a movie is far frrom easy, this is evidence.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Kind of interesting at the start, but it ends up being a pretty straight, pretty boring period piece.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

For those that want to categorize this film as convoluted - they obviously don't enjoy metaphors or even direct examples of contradictions in life. This film has excellent acting, deep intrigue, sensuality and timeless topic regarding search for wealth or fortune. I can't leave out the wollop of brutality and danger. As with all Roegs films, he weaves in occult and magic even in the most subtle ways but sometimes very direct with links in most films that are almost subconcious stamps of familiarity which go hand in hand with his technical film making style which I personally feel akin to. A film not for people who do not desire multi leveled story telling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Nicolas Roeg

Director

Gene Hackman

Jack McCann

Theresa Russell

Tracy

Rutger Hauer

Claude Maillot Van Horn

Jane Lapotaire

Helen McCann

Mickey Rourke

Aurelio D'Amato

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

... the director's strivings for tricky effects seem to have left him little attention to spare for developing his characters or drawing passable performances from his actors...

Dec 14, 2017

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

More a curio than a straightforward classic, Nicolas Roeg's Eureka is beyond weird.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 18, 2016

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A typically oddball effort from Nicolas Roeg...

Rated: 2/4

Jan 22, 2020

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Nathanael Hood

The Retro Set

...for all its moments of brilliance that rival anything Roeg ever did, Eureka fails. The film stumbles under one of the weakest scripts he ever dealt with.

Rated: 4/10

Dec 28, 2018

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

In its own convoluted way, tells us that money can't buy us happiness.

Rated: B

Aug 2, 2009

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Synopsis

An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters want.

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Screenwriter: Paul Mayersberg
Production Co: Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 2h 9m

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