Exotica (1994)
6/10
Great feel, great acting, implausible story
12 January 2007
This darkish art-house movie does deliver on feel and atmosphere. It does so however by the hands of a rather confusing and ultimately disappointing story.

I don't think there was a single actor that didn't perform greatly or at least highly convincing. The scenes of the sex-club (although i can't claim to have ever been in one quite like this one) seem real enough as does the atmosphere which surrounds it.

The total feel and acting makes what may appear to may as boring an absolute sensational experience. But that is also where the list of good points of this movie ends.

As a whole the story of this movie doesn't seem to be well thought through. There are several highly unlikable events during the last 15 minutes of it which ultimately makes for a bit of a disappointing experience altogether. Which is a shame. Although all the pieces seem to be placed together at the end, it doesn't give the movie the climax it is pretending to give throughout the film. This will ultimately give many the 'so what?' experience.

I still rate it a 6 though and that is saying a lot about its good points.
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