Lulu on the Bridge

PG-13

1998

1 hr. 43 min.

Romance

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A seemingly magic stone leads an aging, injured musician (Harvey Keitel) into love with a young, aspiring actress (Mira Sorvino).

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Although good actors and some nice intuition, the movie lacks substance, shows an exaggerated romanticism and finally builds an excessively fantastic plot, favoring literary invention over cinematographic construction, which should instead be the center of the work. I saw the movie twice: for the first time when it came out in theaters and then on video twenty years later, because I didn't remember anything, except the faces of the actors, a bit of music and the atmosphere of New York in the 90s. Anyway, if you need something easy, it could be a nice pastime to see it just once, in case you like those actors. Here Dafoe is the best one.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Between 2 and 2.5 stars. The story tells you feelings among characters but, in the global, the plot looks just a not well-worked excuse to display them. At the end, everythings looks quite artifitial and with little meaning, and the expressions achieved are not enough to compensate them.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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No make sense. Make Blobbo headblob hurt. Life too short! Not waste here!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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carley e

I swear I saw this movie several years ago and I thought I liked it, but watching it again today, I was like -- what was I thinking!? What a terrible waste of time. Yuck.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Another pleasantly odd Paul Auster flick.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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I'm sorry this is just one of the worst movies of all time. Something about me doesn't want to watch a horrible plot and Willem Dafoe sing 'Singin in the Rain'. Terrible acting and an embarrassment to filmmaking. Easily the worst movie I've ever seen.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Paul Auster

Director

Harvey Keitel

Izzy Maurer

Mira Sorvino

Celia Burns

Willem Dafoe

Dr. Van Horn

Gina Gershon

Hannah

Mandy Patinkin

Philip Kleinman

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

This wanbabe noir is frustrating due to the meandering nature of the pretentious, riddle-like script and lethargic, incompetent direction of Paul Auster in his solo directorial debut

Rated: D

Nov 15, 2006

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Jake Euker

Filmcritic.com

Rated: 1/5

Mar 8, 2004

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Shannon J. Harvey

Sunday Times (Australia)

Rated: 1/5

Feb 4, 2003

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David Sterritt

Film Scouts

Less spellbinding than it wants to be, losing its energy and occasionally its brains in long passages of surprisingly sentimental schmaltz.

Apr 17, 2002

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies

Right up to the end, which was a lousy cheat ending, I was entranced by the story and the characters.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 28, 2002

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Whatever.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Synopsis

A seemingly magic stone leads an aging, injured musician (Harvey Keitel) into love with a young, aspiring actress (Mira Sorvino).

Director: Paul Auster
Executive Producer: Sharon Harel, Jane Barclay, Ira Deutchman
Screenwriter: Paul Auster
Production Co: Capitol Films, Redeemable Features
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 3, 2016
Sound Mix: Surround