6ixtynin9 (Ruang talok 69) (1999)

94% of critics liked it
(17 reviews)
75% of users liked it
(1,627 ratings)

Following up on his acclaimed Fun Bar Karaoke, Pen-ek Ratanaruang directs this gritty thriller about crime, gangsters, and the will to survive in the wake of the 1997 Asia economic meltdown. After getting dumped from her office job, Tum (Lalita Panyopas) grows extremely despondent. She eventually… More Following up on his acclaimed Fun Bar Karaoke, Pen-ek Ratanaruang directs this gritty thriller about crime, gangsters, and the will to survive in the wake of the 1997 Asia economic meltdown. After getting dumped from her office job, Tum (Lalita Panyopas) grows extremely despondent. She eventually discovers what appears to be a box full of instant noodle packages. Instead, the cartons are filled with cash -- about a million baht. It turns out that she received the money because of a gangland foul-up in which a six on an apartment address was mistaken for a nine. The thugs quickly figure out their mistake and come knocking once again. When she plays dumb about the dough, they get violent. Soon Tum has two corpses on her floor. Realizing that she needs to get out of town -- and fast -- she turns to Kanjit (Black Phomtong), a mob fixer with a passion for long massages. Unfortunately for Tum, the intended recipient of the ramen carton baht was Kanjit, and he quickly cottons on to Tum's dirty deed. Meanwhile, Tum's already stressful life is made all the more complex by a nosy neighbor (Sirisin Siripornsmathikul) and a close friend (Tasanawalai Ongarittichai) in dire straits. This film was screened at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 51 min.
Directed By: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Genres: Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 11, 2000 Wide
On DVD: Jan 11, 2005
Studio: Palm Pictures

Critic Reviews

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang's splatter comedy 6ixtynin9 rejoices in a plot as tricky as its spelling.
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Enlivens some dingy genre predicaments (dirty money, corpse disposal) with gusts of dreamlike whimsy and a sardonic take on local economic woes.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
It is a lot of fun and allows us to track the growth of a special artist.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Its humor is wicked.
Jeffrey Chen, Window to the Movies
Stylish, funny, and fun to watch (and quite morbid at times), and even offers relevant insight into the conditions created by the Thai economy.
Jean-François Vandeuren, Panorama
6ixtynin9 prend les traits d'une %u0153uvre peinte avec le plus grand soin, mais dont les nombreuses couches de peinture n'arrivent pas à cacher complètement tous les numéros.
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Though Quentin Tarantino's influence is clear, writer-director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang imbues this material with an engaging energy and a bittersweet undercurrent of alienated sorrow that makes it seem fresh.
David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
Comically grotesque, strikingly filmed.
Kim Morgan, Reel.com
Through the violence and humor, you still feel the struggle of this unemployed woman and root for her.
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
A crafty, shifty crime film... pleasantly alive.
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews
"6ixtynin9" is darkly funny, tongue in cheek humor that shows the ingrained talent of its director and his deft hand at the helm.
Matt Bailey, Not Coming to a Theater Near You
6ixtynin9 is slight, but entertaining; patchy, but not a total mess.
Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
A quirky black comedy, with no sex
Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ingeniously engineered, self-consciously clever and directed with snazzy style, it's played as a violent black comedy with often-gruesome punch lines.
Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
You and I will be together 'til the 6 is 9. That's right.
Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
Its deadly punchlines suggest the archetypal "cosmic joke" with more emphasis on the tragic side of the tragedy-comedy continuum.

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A mix of absurdity, violence and dark humor though the simple premise involving a bag of money and reversed door number that throw a lonely woman into the underworld lock, stock and instant noodles. Shot in a minimalist way, with little dialogue, 6inxtynin9 shows how a regular girl… More
A mix of absurdity, violence and dark humor though the simple premise involving a bag of money and reversed door number that throw a lonely woman into the underworld lock, stock and instant noodles. Shot in a minimalist way, with little dialogue, 6inxtynin9 shows how a regular girl can get out of such a dangerous situation without any particular skill, contrary to most modern heroines. No swordfights, no martial arts, no fancy gun-play. Silly name, seriously hypnotic entertainment.

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Tasanawalai Ongarittichai

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