Lotus Eaters

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Lotus Eaters

2011

1h 18m

Comedy

Drama

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An ex-model (Antonia Campbell Hughes) hangs out with her friends, has an on-again, off-again affair with a drug addict (Johnny Flynn) and tries to break into the acting business.

Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

Even though the handsome black-and-white lensing is no substitute for a compelling story, it helps, infusing the skin-deep sketches of emotional enervation with aesthetic energy - for a while.

Apr 12, 2013

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Leslie Felperin

Variety

Lotus Eaters wants desperately to be a portrait of the beautiful and the damned, with its tale of West London rich kids doing drugs and shagging each other, but it's more like a spectacle of the spoiled and annoying.

Apr 5, 2013

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Andy Webster

New York Times

Overflows with underdeveloped characters and plotlines.

Apr 5, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

A combination of image, character, and sound suddenly blends nicely together in the second half to become an intoxicating metaphor.

Aug 9, 2019

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Perry Seibert

TV Guide

Sadly, there's a fatalism to the entire narrative that veers into outright melodramatic scolding in the movie's final images.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 19, 2014

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Harvey S. Karten

Compuserve

A lazily directed, flabby look at a group of young, too-rich Londoners whose lives are so miserable you'll be tempted to give up your money and move to an ashram or monastery.

Rated: C

Mar 27, 2013

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Awful...if all your characters are vacuous trust fund imbeciles you at least need some writing or a plot to hang them on.It feels like an extended perfume advert or flicking through a tired Harpers and Queen at the dentists.Its hard to imagine an audience for this film,even the want for nothing indulged Chelsea coke set this film portrays would I fear lack the narcissism required.The entire film takes place in a bubble-at no point do any of the characters meet up with anybody outside of their social set-the real world might have added some much needed depth or at least a mirror to reflect or glimpse something other than a perfectly coiffured fringe.Perhaps a documentary would have been a better use of the time and money.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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sexy and challenging

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Bizarre film but extremely visually appealing. Loved the music

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Quite an interesting look at a world that is rather inaccessible to the general population. http://moviebuzzers.com/2011/04/26/tribeca-film-festival-11-lotus-eaters-review/

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

With fairy-tale like set designs and film shots that appear to have come alive from a high fashion magazine editorial shoot, lotus eaters sucks you into the world of a glamorous yet destructive sensation-seeking group of 20 somethings with too much time on their hands. Saved by its beautiful imagery and black and white filming, this film leaves you with not much to ponder about with characters that are slightly two-dimensional although not quite far-fetched.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Alexandra McGuinness

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Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Alice

Benn Northover

Felix

Cynthia Fortune Ryan

Orna

Johnny Flynn

Charlie

Amber Anderson

Suzi

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Synopsis

An ex-model (Antonia Campbell Hughes) hangs out with her friends, has an on-again, off-again affair with a drug addict (Johnny Flynn) and tries to break into the acting business.

Director: Alexandra McGuinness
Screenwriter: Alexandra McGuinness, Brendan Grant
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 18m