Andy Garcia, Anjelica Huston, Ezra Buzzington

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful w...( read more  read more... )riter.

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R, 106 min.

Directed by: George Hickenlooper

Release Date: September 27, 2001

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • June 22, 2008
    A mature and worldly screenplay is executed by actors giving elegantly crafted performances. Garcia, Jagger and Coburn all work together (despite Coburn and Jagger never sharing a scene). It's the way actions affect others and how ones own selfish desires can make or break a pers...( read more)on. The men not only assert their power to gain wealth and acceptance but are also exploited by their female counterparts. All characters evolve and learn life lessons without the screenplay coming across as a self help novel. Emotional and funny only hampered by a surprisingly uninspired montage and an ending that feels to happily rushed.
  • June 13, 2008
    Plays out better than it sounds, due to the cast.
  • October 9, 2009
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...........its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that olivia williams, mick jagger, michael des barres, james coburn, julianna margulies, maureen mccormick, an...( read more)dy garcia, anjelica huston, ezra buzzington play good roles/parts throughout this movie.....i think that the director of this romance/drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...........i think that this is a really powerful drama movie 2 watch with a great cast throughout this movie its a powerful drama movie 2 watch but this is a really good movie 2 watch
  • August 10, 2009
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    Out of desperation, a failing writer goes to work for an upscale escort service, Elysian Fields. His client's husband is a successful writer who enlists the lead character as a co-author, giving the man from Elysian Fields a once in a lifetime career break. However the client may have other plans.

    The premise was mildly interesting, the characters even more so. The harsh truths regarding the banal end of the magnanimous-
    to-callous continuum of humanity were givens, but ones that we too often fail to formalize.

    Unless you love romantic movies or melodramas, you may want to fast forward through most of the sappy scenes with the lead character's wife. Her presence is required, but neither particularly interesting, appealing, nor vital to the most intriguing concepts presented in the story. A pragmatic moral to carry away from this movie is, "Get it in writing." -and signed and notarized, dummy.

    A better ending would have been had it turned out that the protagonist's post Elysian Fields book be ELYSIAN FIELDS, blurring the line between reality and fantasy for us for a few imaginative moments. This would have been a cinematic cliche, but an effective one in this instance. The actual ending is predictable, uninspired, and not very creative.

    Some very nice use of local location photography. While not visually breathtaking, the film has a graceful visual footprint.

    The Man From Elysian Fields
  • July 11, 2008
    This movie is not so good. It could be a great movie why the theme is great a writer became an escort service worker also the actors Andy Garcia. Julianna Margulies. Olivia Williams. James Coburn but The Director did a terrible work also Mick Jagger was terrible.
  • December 27, 2007
    I was pleasantly surprised by this one, especially by Mick Jagger as Luther Fox, the head of the Elysian Fields escort service. It actually starts out a bit like a '50's noir; for some reason I thought that's when it was set at the beginning until we see Andy Garcia clacking awa...( read more)y at a PC. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention. It's an interesting story, and everyone turns in great performances. Andy Garcia has never been an actor that stands out to me, I wouldn't go out of my way to see a movie that he's in, but he does strong work here. Emotionally complex drama, with a few good twists. Good stuff.
  • November 4, 2007
    Great film noir - who knew Mick Jagger could act?
  • October 26, 2007
    ¿Hasta dónde esta dispuesto a llegar un hombre por el amor a su esposa y a su hijo recien nacido?. Una historia que me dejó asombrado por el hecho de saber que tan fuerte puede ser un sentiiento y como podemos hacer cualquier cosa por mantener a quienes amamos felices en la medid...( read more)ad de lo posible.

Critic Reviews


November 1, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A rare comedy of manners, witty, wicked and worldly, and one of the best movies of the year. full review

October 18, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

The story's so preposterous that I didn't believe it for a second, despite the best efforts of everyone involved. full review

October 10, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Jagger the actor is someone you want to see again. full review

October 8, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

One of those nicely made, well-acted, entertaining pictures that would be sensational if only it didn't suffer from a failure of nerve. full review

October 2, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

After an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly, sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be, you discover that the answer is as conventional... full review

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