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Exotica

Play trailer Poster for Exotica R Released Mar 3, 1994 1h 44m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the upscale Canadian strip club Exotica, Christina (Mia Kirshner) is the most popular dancer, and she's visited nightly by the obsessive Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a depressed tax auditor. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric (Elias Koteas), still jealously pines for her, even as he introduces her onstage. Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's owner, Zoe (Arsinée Khanjian), who is intent on becoming pregnant with his child.
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Exotica simmers with sex and obsession, while successfully doubling as an extreme character study.

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Derek Smith Slant Magazine For all the initial mysteriousness of virtually everyone’s actions, Atom Egoyan is never coy for the sake of being coy. Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader A central part of the movie's dreamlike ambience derives from the fact that the camera is in motion in practically every shot. Rated: 3/4 Jun 7, 2022 Full Review Robert Horton Film Comment Magazine Atom Egoyan makes his most conventionally-satisfying film in Exotica. I don't mean that as a putdown: it's his best movie, too, though some of his early academic-theory fans may be put off at its accessibility. Apr 10, 2018 Full Review Ray Pride Newcity The mood is relentless; the gears spark and grind quietly, but spectacularly... The essence... is damage, unexamined, and the pulse of trauma washing ashore. Rated: 9/10 Feb 13, 2025 Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture As an exploration of trauma and heartbreak, Exotica plumbs the depths of the human heart in ways most films have never dared. Apr 25, 2023 Full Review Brian Susbielles InSession Film It is not a film about sex, but about the emotional impact, a setting provides with its cathartic assistance in healing trauma. Feb 14, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Fernando D Excellent production and direction. But many questions at the end Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Muriel W This movies is porn trying to disguise itself as something else. It is a bore. I object to sex workers dressing up like children. It's a very bad thing to do. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review Georgan G This plot is completely amazing in how the characters lives are shown to intersect. But not until the very end of the movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Richard D Boring. Dull. Bland characters with rediculious relationships. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Shioka O I don't think I fully understood what the director wanted to tell through this film but I appreciated the ambiguousness and atmosphere. Look sexual or erotic on surface, but its not. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Alec B A beguiling mystery that demands complete attention. I wish more movies were this willing to challenge audience perception. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Atom Egoyan

Director

Bruce Greenwood

Francis Brown

Mia Kirshner

Christina

Don McKellar

Thomas Pinto

Arsinée Khanjian

Zoe

Elias Koteas

Eric

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Synopsis In the upscale Canadian strip club Exotica, Christina (Mia Kirshner) is the most popular dancer, and she's visited nightly by the obsessive Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a depressed tax auditor. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric (Elias Koteas), still jealously pines for her, even as he introduces her onstage. Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's owner, Zoe (Arsinée Khanjian), who is intent on becoming pregnant with his child.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Producer
Robert Lantos, Camelia Frieberg, Atom Egoyan
Screenwriter
Atom Egoyan
Distributor
Miramax Home Entertainment [us], Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax Films, Alliance Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 3, 1994, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 19, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.0M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo