Seven Veils

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Darryl It was ok the ending was not good Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/11/25 Full Review Will Atom Egoyan uses his own blockbuster staging of Richard Strauss' "Salome" as the backdrop for a contemporary drama that struggles to entwine story threads about the creation of art, backstage politics, MeToo, sexual trauma and marriage anxiety. Alas, the results are a near-incoherent mess. Seyfried gives it her all, but the entire film is weighed down by multiple storylines that feel like bumper cars smashing into one another incessantly. Egoyan has every right to be proud of his brilliantly conceived 2023 production of "Salome," which looks like it would have made a better movie than this. Maybe if he had trimmed a few subplots from his script and better developed just one or two of them, he would have a stronger drama. Instead, he made a "multilayered" mess full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review Remy Didn't enjoy much. Story about a bipolar theater director was boring. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Birithivy Y Seven Veils - 7/10. Interesting that this movie had been delayed for quite some time (initially premiering at TIFF 2023). Also: love that its shot at the Four Seasons and around Toronto in general! This really is a vehicle to show the acting prowess of Amanda Seyfried! And she’s such a good performer! Its amazing to see how she has transformed her acting skills over the years. She really embodies the character here, playing a character who is slowly being haunted and psychologically tormented by her past. This seeps into her work, which has a direct correlation to the haunted past she has. For Seyfried, this is a layered and interesting role, and she really is the heart of the film. The side plot here is an effective one too, and kind of works in parallel to the ordeal the main character is going through. In terms of Egoyan and Seyfriend collaborating again, I would say that their previous collab (Chloe) was much more enticing and dramatic in terms of its story. But, I would say that Seven Veils is a much more controlled and packaged film in comparison to Chloe. Good film powered by a good performance from Seyfried! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Evan C Atom Egoyan's #SevenVeils is certainly captivating, and worked for me as a behind the scenes look at the construction of a complex opera. But narratively it just felt bogged down by layers upon layers of tension that never amounted to any kind of real catharsis. Not my favourite. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Anthony F Really wanted to like this one, but the film fell flat at every plot point and dramatic scene. Everyone of Seyfried's support actors were wooden, in retrospect it felt like their dialogue was dubbed by uninterested voice actors table reading the script. Seyfried herself was an excellent cast -- it was absolutely her movie and she holds the attention very well. However, often the script called for her to be manic on the verge of rambling as she dives into her character's repressed artistic foundation, usually with an audience of colleagues that begin to question her emotional state. These moments are clearly meant to be significant, but either the performance or the script or her co-star's reactions just don't land. Throw in a few cliche backstage moments better portrayed by the very tame and watered down Mozart in the Jungle, and well, hopefully you get the idea. One brightside is the solid display of stagework and mixed media techniques employed by the theater. Some very striking imagery achieved and the highpoints of the movie are these scenes combined with well delivered voice over. These elements are so strong compared to the rest of the production that I felt it must be by the hand of a very invested artist who has not yet considered the nuances of cinema but instead is using it as a vehicle for more familiar mediums. The result was interesting, but altogether less thought provoking than going to a well done opera and certainly less entertaining than a well done film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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