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Speaking Parts

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A bit-part actor and a fledgling screenwriter become fatally entangled when he lands a role in her movie.

Critics Reviews

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Fred Camper Chicago Reader 05/12/2022
2/4
On a cinematic level, some of the most extraordinary moments in Speaking Parts occur when the film image is recorded from the same position that a video camera had occupied. Go to Full Review
Brandon Judell IndieWire 03/17/2017
Egoyan's cinema has always been one of emotional displacement. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 10/28/2022
The film is never a bore. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/25/2006
B
It spoke to me as being more smart than enjoyable. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/08/2005
3/5
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 06/20/2004
4/5
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Audience Reviews

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@ExcessMale 06/19/2022 This entry in the Egoyan catalog marks the beginning of the writer/director's use of an icy tone and morally questionable characters. 'Speaking Parts' radiates intimacy and intensity during the video-camera scenes. See more 10/17/2012 Call it "not-bad" Egoyan. He's figured things out better in later films. Here he seems to be experimenting more than trying to create a masterpiece. See more 05/29/2009 Far from condemning recording media out of hand, Egoyan scrutinizes our ambiguous relationship with them; and as the characters grope towards less alienated (self) images, the film achieves an uneasy synthesis of intellectual analysis and deeply felt emotion. See more 02/01/2008 The reason I got into film studies in the first place. See more 01/13/2008 I gave it a half star because ther system does not allow me to give it a lower rating that that. I find the entire movie very pretentious. See more 10/16/2007 Un des meilleurs Atom Egoyan. Ces anciens films sont trop méconnus mais il mérite définitivement un regard. Très troublant. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A bit-part actor and a fledgling screenwriter become fatally entangled when he lands a role in her movie.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Producer
Atom Egoyan
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 1989, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 26, 2001
Runtime
1h 32m