Inland Empire (2006)
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72% of critics liked it
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74% of users liked it
(44,354 ratings)
Cinema of the surreal icon David Lynch follows up the success of his critically acclaimed 2001 feature Mulholland Drive with this dark mystery, shot on a handheld Sony PD150 digital video recorder. It is the tale of an actress whose personality becomes increasingly fragmented as she delves ever… More Cinema of the surreal icon David Lynch follows up the success of his critically acclaimed 2001 feature Mulholland Drive with this dark mystery, shot on a handheld Sony PD150 digital video recorder. It is the tale of an actress whose personality becomes increasingly fragmented as she delves ever deeper into her work for a high-profile filmmaker. Kingsley (Jeremy Irons) is a director looking to adapt for the screen a Polish gypsy folktale that was previously stalled when the two leads were viciously murdered. Having offered the female lead to devoted actress Nikki (Laura Dern), Kingsley warns her male co-star, Devon (Justin Theroux), to maintain his professional distance, as Nikki's husband (Peter J. Lucas) is known to be notoriously possessive. As the passionate co-stars quickly cross the line and become lovers, Nikki's slowly slipping sense of reality causes her to eventually become lost in her character while the mysterious story of a Polish couple unfurls, and a trio of giant stage-bound rabbits (voices of Naomi Watts, Scott Coffey, and Laura Harring) lounge around on the sofa and tend to their domestic duties. Shot over the course of two and a half years and without a formalized script, Lynch's hallucinogenic look at a doomed film project features all of the abstract imagery and strange symbolism that have long made the director a favorite of film fans who embrace his disorienting approach to unconventional storytelling. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Lynch
- Written By
- David Lynch
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Sep 6, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Absurda Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
An amazing and unshakeable experience.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A bucket of Lynchian leftovers, stirred slightly and left to ferment in the dark.
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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
You may find Lynch's experimentalism and willful obscurity to be the work of a poseur, ultimately pointless drivel. I can understand that, but I think you would be wrong.
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Tom Long, Detroit News
A can't-miss experience and likely one of the year's very best films.
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Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Whether shattering or boring, you'll still have your eyes wide, wide open from begin to end.
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Cast
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Laura Dern
as Nikki/Sue
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Jeremy Irons
as Kingsley
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Harry Dean Stanton
as Freddie
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Justin Theroux
as Devon/Billy
- Terryn Westbrook
- Julia Ormond
- Peter J. Lucas
- Grace Zabriskie
- Ian Abercrombie
- Diane Ladd
- William H. Macy
- Karolina Gruszka
- Krzysztof Majchrzak
- Mary Steenburgen
- Nastassja Kinski
- Laura Harring
- Naomi Watts
- Scott Coffey
- Leon Niemczyk
- Piotr Andrzejewski
- Nae Yuuki



