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Morlang

Play trailer Poster for Morlang Released Sep 20, 2001 1h 34m Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A fatal event forces an adulterous art photographer (Paul Freeman) and his unfaithful wife (Diana Kent) to trust each other implicitly.

Critics Reviews

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Megan Lehmann New York Post Penning, who also co-wrote the script based on a real-life scandal from the Netherlands, tangles up his timeline so thoroughly that any suspense is strangled out of the story. Rated: 2/4 Jun 5, 2004 Full Review Ty Burr Boston Globe Chilly, slow, absorbing. Rated: 2.5/4 May 21, 2004 Full Review David Ng Village Voice A murder mystery so artfully restrained you almost expect Diana Rigg to deliver a witty epilogue. Apr 27, 2004 Full Review Marta Barber Miami Herald An engrossing psychological thriller. Rated: 3/4 Sep 2, 2005 Full Review James Verniere Boston Herald Spins a tangled web of adultery, betrayal and professional and personal jealousy in the heady world of European high art. Rated: 3/4 May 21, 2004 Full Review E! Online Without enough suspense, surprise or engagement, this pretty-as-a-picture piece feels as flat as one of Freeman's paintings. Rated: C+ Apr 22, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Based on most of the negative reviews, it appears that they didn't understand the story. One negative reviewer says plainly so, asking Why this and Why that. I believe the answer is obvious in two key points in the film. I won't be giving it away. If you see my rather unimportant review and want to know the answer, message me at my gmail ... stegokitty. With that out of the way, I thought the very low-key story was mesmerizing. Definitely confusing at first because all of the memories are jumbled. And in fact you can't (at first) tell what's in the past and what's in the present. But these things come together in the end rather nicely. I'd definitely see another film by this director and writer(s). Just a note -- the scenes of nudity, both partial and frontal, are entirely unnecessary, and do nothing to move the story forward. This could, in fact, have turned out to be a classic movie if it weren't for that. So while it's not a film that I particularly want to watch again anytime soon (though in a few years it'd be neat to do as I'd've forgotten much of the plot) I found it intriguing, Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Atlantic coast, you duffers. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Extremely petty and absurd in the arrogant casts of "artistic" minds. Even "love" is debased by their "arts". Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Stylish, but murky, psychodrama about a failed suicide pact Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member A subtle film that explores the limits of jealousy. In flashback, a successful artist recounts two recent loves, the first his wife, the second a mistress. The film takes a while to get moving on the plot, but is artful in the mean time with some amazing transition shots. Our artist finds himself holding information that could save his wife's life, but she has also recently told him that she had an affair, and used the following words in her less than humble confession: every, position, many, times. What would you do? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member spectacular scenery does not compensate for boring artwork, facial hair tricks do not fool us into believing flashbacks; what was probably meant to intrigue the viewer only manages to annoy Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A fatal event forces an adulterous art photographer (Paul Freeman) and his unfaithful wife (Diana Kent) to trust each other implicitly.
Director
Tjebbo Penning
Producer
Petra Goedings
Screenwriter
Tjebbo Penning, Ruud Schuurman, Matthew Faulk, Mark Skeet
Distributor
Film Movement
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2001, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2016
Runtime
1h 34m