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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9786305428107 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 6305428107 Label: Miramax Languages: Manufacturer: Miramax Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: Miramax Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 16, 1999 Running Time: 103 minutes Studio: Miramax Theatrical Release Date: March 03, 1995 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: In spite of its atrociously misleading packaging, Exotica is a beguiling mystery by enigmatic Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, in which people and their relationships are not what they seem. What at first appear to be disparate stories of a tormented tax auditor, a lonely pet-shop owner, and a sensitive stripper and her coworkers gradually merge to reveal a larger, interconnected portrait. The sequences involving Mia Kirshner's schoolgirl stripper are particularly engrossing because of her character's intelligence and the scenes' deeper subtext. Indeed, Exotica is less about stripping than about fragile human relationships, and it is not until the truly revelatory final scene that we are able to fully absorb the film's deeper meaning. --Bryan Reesman Description: Forbidden desires and dangerous intrigue generate sizzling heat in this erotic thriller! At a sexy strip club called Exotica, three strangers -- an obsessive man, an erotic table dancer, and the club's mysterious D.J. -- share much more than is apparent at first glance! As their secret passions grow, they become more deeply entangled in an inescapable web of jealousy, deceit, and revenge! The powerfully seductive hit EXOTICA is gripping entertainment -- you won't be able to take your eyes off it! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Boring, long, wrong title!If you buy this movie thinking that you buy an exotic or "erotic" (judging by the cover) movie you are WRONG! The movie is so boring and the story so long and stupid that the director should have definately picked another title for it! Exotic? where? This is one of those "delicatessen" movies that a few people judge as good because some "real" reviewers (were they drunk?) judged as good, There isn't really anything interesting about it and there isn't anything that keeps you from wanting to ... Read More Rating:  - More of a woman's POV movie than might be expectedAtom Egoyan's Exotica is an outstanding movie. I have seen Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997) which is also very good. A father's (obsessive) love for his daughter(s) is featured in both movies, consequently the theme must mean something special to Egoyan. He is a most talented and original movie maker, a Canadian as are his players, Bruce Greenwood, (Francis Brown, the accountant whose daughter was murdered), Sarah Polley, (Tracey, the high school girl), and Mia Kirshner, (Christina, the exotic ... Read More Rating:  - Great movie, poor transferI won't go very far into discussing the content of the film here - suffice to say that I think it's probably one of the greatest movies made in recent years and well worth 5 stars. Atom Egoyan is a genius and this is probably his best film to date - an atmospheric mystery which keeps the viewer guessing until the final reel. The script is a masterpiece, Egoyan deftly handles the story and the actors (even the very young ones) all play their roles with the right level of depth and subtlety. As others ... Read More Rating: - "You Have To Ask Yourself What Brought The Person To This Point?"This is an undiscovered gem of a film with an incredibly inventive and powerful script that is sure to suprise and please. 'Exotica', a "Gentleman's Club", is the focal point of a world in search of meaning. Men come not just to watch beautiful women sensually dance in various stages of undress. They come to forget, however briefly, the pain and suffering they have experienced in the world outside. Christina (Mia Kirshner) and Eric (Elias Koteas) work at the club, Christina as a dancer, Eric ... Read More Rating: - Seductive, Mysterious, RevealingHaving seen "Exotica" several times now, I can say that knowing the ending does not detract from the seductive power of the film. Very watchable, a multi-layered plot and aural feast - I want to work at the Exotica! If you enjoyed the movie "The Usual Suspects" for its left-field conclusion, this film should appeal to your puzzle solving nature, although the two movies could not be less alike in their sensitivity, style, and humanity. I thought of giving it 4 Stars because it didn't quite connect effortlessly, ... Read More |
