The Blackout

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The Blackout

R

1997

1h 40m

Drama

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Actor Matty (Matthew Modine), who is struggling with substance abuse, retreats to Miami. Hoping to straighten himself out, Matty proposes to his girlfriend, Annie (Béatrice Dalle), who reveals that she aborted their child without his knowledge. Shaken, Matty spends a decadent night with his artist friend, Mickey (Dennis Hopper), and returns to New York City with no memory of what happened. He begins attending Alcoholics Anonymous, but he's troubled by what he might have done while blacked out.

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Dizzying visual style can't conceal the shallow, self-indulgent nature of Ferrara's sleazy erotic thriller, one of his worst pictures with a terrible performance by a miscast Matthew Modine at its center

Rated: D

Oct 20, 2007

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Ferrara ... proves incapable of making distinctions between his inspired and indulgent impulses.

Rated: C

Jun 18, 2006

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Dave Kehr

New York Times

Rated: 2/5

Nov 13, 2001

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Dragan Antulov

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Rated: 4/10

May 12, 2004

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Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

With vacuous dialogue and little sense of character or direction, it oozes from one amateurishly conceived scene to the next.

Rated: 0/4

Mar 11, 2003

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies

The presentation and the acting make you stop caring.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 28, 2002

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A must-see sensual cinema diamond by Ferrara, with Matthew Modine in a flawless performance!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Matty, divo del cinema, tormentato dalla dipendenza da Annie, dall'alcool e dalla cocaina, perde la memoria e dimentica di aver commesso un omicidio. Quando scopre che Annie ha abortito perché non vuole partorire il figlio di un drogato, Matty strangola durante un rapporto la cameriera. Disintossicatosi, diciotto mesi dopo viene riportato alla retta via da una casalinga perbene, ma l'incubo di avere ucciso Annie e l'ossessione per lei fanno soccombere il protagonista, il quale di notte si avvia verso la morte nuotando nell'oceano. Poi accade che mentre nuota verso l'oceano appare una scena finale in cui Matty è con una donna nuda la quale gli chiede: <<ti sono mancata?>>. [it.wikipedia.org]

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Starring: Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer, Beatrice Dalle, Sarah Lassez, Steven Bauer, and Dennis Hopper. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Written by Abel Ferrara, Marla Hanson, and Christ Zois. Rated [b]R[/b] (for strong pervasive drug use, language, sexual content and violence). Running time approximately 1 hour 37 minutes. [center][img]http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/NuBz86/blackout.jpg[/img][/center] [center][i]Modine is lame in a horrible, drug- and sex-filled drama.[/i][/center] This is, most definitely, Abel Ferrara'a very worst film. It is a pointless, gratuitously graphic and absolutely vile drama that fails to connect at all with the viewer. Matthew Modine delivers a dreadful, lazy performance, and, as is to be expected, Dennis Hopper is so over-the-top, we become tired just watching him. Here, he's like a cliche, lame and unbelievable Frank Booth. Ack! I hated this movie. [b]1/2* (out of ****) D-[/b]

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/13/10000913.jpg[/img] Much better film than the critics rate it. Dennis Hopper is very good, as is Modine. Uncomfortable to watch. Ferrara does a good job at getting to the underbelly of our country. Too much real for most folks. But I like it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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From the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.A Complete waste of my time, This is the worst of all the movies I have seen from this Festival. What was this movie about, had to be a low point in everyone?s career. I knew I was in trouble when netflix sent me a 1997 Movie, that had not a scratch one on it. Looked like a movie right out of the case, meaning, no one has watched it, and for good reason. You give this anything more then 2 stars you might want to get a life. Gets 1/2 a star from me. TRASH IT

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Visually impressive but a bit of a mess.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

Actor Matty (Matthew Modine), who is struggling with substance abuse, retreats to Miami. Hoping to straighten himself out, Matty proposes to his girlfriend, Annie (Béatrice Dalle), who reveals that she aborted their child without his knowledge. Shaken, Matty spends a decadent night with his artist friend, Mickey (Dennis Hopper), and returns to New York City with no memory of what happened. He begins attending Alcoholics Anonymous, but he's troubled by what he might have done while blacked out.

Director: Abel Ferrara
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Clayton Townsend
Screenwriter: Abel Ferrara
Production Co: Cipa, MDP Worldwide, Les Films Number One
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2021
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo

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