Arsinée Khanjian, Bruce Greenwood, Don McKellar

A tax auditor eases the pain left by the death of his young daughter through an unusual relationship with a dancer at a local strip club. His life intersects with a quirky pet store owner with a dange...( read more  read more... )rous penchant for the exotic.

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Atom Egoyan

Release Date: September 23, 1994

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DVD Release Date: November 16, 1999

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  • August 20, 2007
    A hypnotizing film. Bruce Greenwood is a re-occurring patron at a strip club, and becomes fixated on a particular girl. His motives are revealed throughout. Well made film.
  • October 30, 2008
    Strong, original, tightly wound.
  • August 5, 2009
    Atom Egoyan's brilliant and disturbing masterpiece on the power of human connection and the elusiveness of same. Egoyan was once applauded by Roger Ebert for never having created a film for commercial reasons.I applaud him for staying in Canada-YAY as most of our talent inevitabl...( read more)y heads south...

    This is a strange, disjointed story-complex and provocative, and I have to admit, that I had to watch it a few times before "getting" it.
  • July 4, 2007
    Either you get the ending or you don't.
  • March 10, 2009
    Mia Kirshner....wow!!!
  • December 23, 2008
    This was a strange film. Not a all star cast but they do a good job in their roles. You really don't understand the characters intent till the end of the movie.
  • December 18, 2008
    Egoyan takes his traditional theme of the destruction of communication and applies it to a potboiler template of strip clubs, smuggling, and murder. A brilliant movie.
  • December 10, 2008
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  • July 13, 2008
    Yum. Elias Koteas, Don McKellar & Atom Egoyan. Great combo. I love it that you don't know what's going on until the very end, when all the strands come together. Atmospheric, powerfull film.
  • May 15, 2008
    A thightly written screenplay with twists and turns to an unexpected (well unexpected to me at least) ending. The acting is exceptional as the story unfolded in what appears to be a disjointed timeline that in the end comes together in an eye opening conclusion. One of my favor...( read more)ite movies of all time by far! Has to be in my top 10.

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