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A gangster (Jason Patric) searches every room of his rotting mansion for his gravely ill, estranged wife (Isabella Rossellini).
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Wally Hammond Little White Lies A bravura journey into a noirish nightmare world and a lock that even paid-up Maddinites won't be able to pick on a single viewing. Rated: 4/5 Sep 13, 2012 Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times Strangled by its own nostalgic mad love. Rated: 2/5 Sep 13, 2012 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Maddin has always been something of an acquired taste - and he seems to be doing his utmost to keep it that way. Rated: 3/5 Sep 13, 2012 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Maddin continually pushes the boundaries of cinema in consistently striking directions, and in the case of Keyhole, he has created something as disturbing as it is hilarious. Rated: 3/4 Aug 6, 2019 Full Review Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Guy Maddin is like the last French surrealist, blithely mixing pulp vulgarity with avant garde hutzpah, and still casting name actors in daredevil stunts of high-art. Jul 29, 2019 Full Review Daniel Green CineVue For even the most hardened arthouse fan, this complex collage may prove too hard a nut to crack. Rated: 2/5 Feb 5, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mason M Even though this film was a pretty difficult watch for numerous reasons, I still really enjoyed this film. I love Guy Maddin, and this film showed off his talent to make films that are entirely his own, like his many others. Maddin's use of the black and white color palette was stunning, and the lighting in this film was amazing, Maddin definitely has a skill for making hypnotic visuals. This film's themes and ideas were wonderfully executed too. Keyhole is another thrilling watch from Maddin that very well shows off his filmmaking talents. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/18/25 Full Review Audience Member A ghost story told from a very different perspective. The storytelling is not exactly linear (though it still makes sense) and the specifics of what may be going on/has gone on may not always be clear, but sit back, absorb the atmosphere, and enjoy. It has a neat aesthetic and feels a bit like a tone poem. Enjoyable if you are in the mood for an "art house" flick that still has a sly sense of humor about itself. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member stupid movie how is it a 2011 movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member True, at times it feels as if the film is strange just to be strange -- but there is much magic to be found in Guy Maddin's film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Surreal treat for those who like surrealism--An admirable attempt!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review walter m "Keyhole" starts with the police cornering a gang of criminals in a house on a rainy night. Taking charge, Big Ed(Daniel Enright) separates the dead from the living, sending the former out to be taken care of. When Ulysses(Jason Patric), the boss, finally puts in an appearance, he takes care to get warm clothes for Denny(Brooke Palsson). He is also wondering about the state of his wife Hyacinth(Isabella Rossellini). So, he takes Denny and a hostage upstairs with him. If I was being unusually silly, I would say a lot of the anger at "The Artist" winning so many Academy Awards was due to the continual snubs of Guy Maddin's films. In any case, with his latest film, the partially successful "Keyhole," he moves things ahead by a couple of decades to incorporate every kind of genre popular in the 40's, short of musical, making the formerly implicit explicit in this psychosexual noir funhouse and actually manages to connect a good deal of the dots. And Maddin has the right lead actor in Jason Patric who not only has the requisite square jaw but also the ability to deal with every bit of weirdness thrown his way. That does not include the references to 'The Odyssey.'(Yes, there is a Cyclops. No, you do not want to know.) Now, if someone could just explain the naked old guy in chains. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A gangster (Jason Patric) searches every room of his rotting mansion for his gravely ill, estranged wife (Isabella Rossellini).
Director
Guy Maddin
Producer
Phyllis Laing, Guy Maddin, Jody Shapiro, Jean Du Toit
Screenwriter
Guy Maddin, George Toles
Distributor
Monterey Media
Rating
R (Sexuality|Graphic Nudity|Some Language|Violent Content)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 6, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 8, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.1K
Runtime
1h 34m
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