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• Saskia D

  
  The concept is not original at all, that's probably why it has such a low average. If you've seen Crash and Magnolia and you liked it, than I don't see why you wouldn't like this one. Some good solid acting and 'drama for your mama'.

• Leigh R

  
  Couldn't keep my attention very well. Although, like most movies filmed this way... I like to watch how the stories intertwine.

• Jennifer X

  
  i'm a huge, huge fan of multiple storyline, vignette movies, and some of them have been executed really well - crash, paris je t'aime, amores perros (or anything alejandro gonzalez inarritu, to tell you the truth.). and so it's not that i don't like this style of… More
  i'm a huge, huge fan of multiple storyline, vignette movies, and some of them have been executed really well - crash, paris je t'aime, amores perros (or anything alejandro gonzalez inarritu, to tell you the truth.). and so it's not that i don't like this style of moviemaking. it's just that this particular film's ideas were so half-baked, so underdeveloped, so cliche. i mean, the one story with the deaf guy and lorna was perhaps the only original one that truly captured me. some were well-acted but the story was very very poor. and the so-called "connections" are a joke. it's like...geographical proximity is the only thing they have in common. i like to have a parallel drawn between the stories, not some, "oh! i vaguely recognize this character. oh yes, i remember, from the last story! yay!" i mean, i get it, it's about 9 women's lives and their difficulties dealing with loss or love or whatever. it wasn't a bad idea for a movie and garcia did admirably under the circumstances but he really should've thought this through more.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, "Nine Lives" is a collection of nine short films that serve as snapshots into the lives of nine women in southern California. All of the segments are shot with a handheld camera without any edits.[/font]… More
  [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, "Nine Lives" is a collection of nine short films that serve as snapshots into the lives of nine women in southern California. All of the segments are shot with a handheld camera without any edits.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]1. Sandra(Elpida Carrillo) is an inmate in a jail.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]2. Diana(Robin Wright Penn) is very pregnant when she runs into an old flame, Damien(Jason Isaacs), in a supermarket.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]3. Holly(Lisa Gay Hamilton) returns home to make up with her dad.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]4. Sonia(Holly Hunter) visits a friend's swanky apartment with her husband.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]5. Samantha(Amanda Seyfried) is a teenager who is deciding whether to go away to college or stay home to take care of her invalid father(Ian McShane).[/font] [font=Century Gothic]6. Lorna(Amy Brenneman) attends the funeral of the wife of her ex-husband, Andrew(William Fichtner).[/font] [font=Century Gothic]7. Ruth(Sissy Spacek) is at a motel for a tryst with another man(Aidan Quinn).[/font] [font=Century Gothic]8. Camille(Kathy Baker) has breast cancer and is in the hospital for an operation.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]9. Maggie(Glenn Close) visits a cemetary with her daughter, Maria(Dakota Fanning).[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Nine Lives" is an interesting experiment but it is not an entirely successful one. There really are no overall themes and while some of the stories do connect with each other; it is done in such a half-hearted matter as to be totally ineffective. The movie does provide some insight into the lives of these women but it would have been improved with a more diverse group of characters. The cast is great but I think a better decision would have been to go with less name actors in the cast. Of the large cast, Robin Wright Penn and William Fichtner especially stand out. [/font]

• William G

  
  The pieces come across as rather flat theatrical scenarios, more fit for a playhouse than a big screen.

• Joey N

  
  Women are amazing. lol I liked this more than I thought I would. It's 9 short, approx. 10 min films about moments in the lives of 9 women. Some are better than others. The ones that stood out to me: Robin Right (sp?) Penn running into a former lover at a supermarket, Sissy… More
  Women are amazing. lol I liked this more than I thought I would. It's 9 short, approx. 10 min films about moments in the lives of 9 women. Some are better than others. The ones that stood out to me: Robin Right (sp?) Penn running into a former lover at a supermarket, Sissy Spasek contimplating an affair, Lisa Gay Hamilton working up the nerve to confront her father on his child abuse. Also, there's a quietly sad Holly Hunter trapped in a relationship with a jerk, Amy Brenerman attending her ex husband's wife's funeral, and Kathy Baker about to have a mysectomy. (obviously sp.) The three least compelling: Glen Close and Dakota Fanning visiting a cemetary, some actress at prison, and the dumb girl from Mean Girls talking to her parents. They all add to the film, but they were the least interesting for me. Also, all films are one continuous shot.

• Lovable M

  
  Blah

• Sunil J

  
  Another really strong Rodrigo Garcia movie that explores the complexity of women.

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