Keyhole

R

Released Apr 6, 2012

1h 34m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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40 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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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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Dante R

A very fun watch. The editing was fast-paced and the characters were charismatic. The movie didn't take itself too seriously, which given its subject matter, was welcome. There were some very funny characters and dialog. Based on the trailer I was hoping for something a little 'out there' and I wasn't disappointed. I feel like the Greek mythology references were thrown in to make critics go, "Wow, Greek mythology references"; they didn't really add or detract anything from the film (not complaining, I loathe references to Homer or the bible). Film suffers from every single female character appears nude syndrome. There's plenty of wiener though too, so, it almost evens out.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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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

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stupid movie how is it a 2011 movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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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

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Surreal treat for those who like surrealism--An admirable attempt!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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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

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Wally Hammond

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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

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Strangled by its own nostalgic mad love.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 13, 2012

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Synopsis

A gangster (Jason Patric) searches every room of his rotting mansion for his gravely ill, estranged wife (Isabella Rossellini).

Director: Guy Maddin
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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