Ethan Hawke's passionate directorial debut paints a mosaic of love, dreams, regrets and plenty of other things that we all experience as people. Hawke's unorthodox approach not only to storytelling, but also to film as a narrative medium, is refreshing and suitably out of the box...( read more)
Paz de la Huerta,
Vincent D'Onofrio,
Rosario Dawson,
Kris Kristofferson,
Robert Sean Leonard
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This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002
Stats: 68 reviews
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I want to contradict myself by accident, and for you to know what I mean...
This film, which really isn't a movie as such, more a feeling of mood with snatches of conversation, is definitely going to be something of an acquired taste. Directed by Ethan Hawke, the film s
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Hawke's actors are a talented troupe, and even when things get self-indulgent and fuzzy-headed (and boy, do they!), interesting stuff is going on. full review
Movies like this do not grab you by the throat. You have to be receptive. full review
Hampered -- no, paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire. full review
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