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The Forbidden Room

2015

Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson

Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Mathieu Amalric ...

6.0

223

Fantasy. Comedy. Drama. Mystery. Romance A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"Technically, it is a delight from start to finish (...) This is the kind of audacious filmmaking that deserves to be recognized (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"On one viewing, at least, it is a typically impenetrable Maddin film: zany one minute, pompous the next."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There’s no doubt that through sheer persistence, Maddin has moulded this pastiche into a movie language of his own (...) It has to be seen on the big screen (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"Delightful and ingenious as much of this is on a moment-to-moment basis, it becomes somewhat wearying over the long haul"
		Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times	"This exercise in beauty, derangement and memory can be contemplative or silly. Often it’s both, in just the right proportions."

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