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Byzantium

2012

Neil Jordan

Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller ...

5.9

6,716

Horror. Fantasy. Drama A pair of female vampires (Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton) wreaks havoc on an unsuspecting English seaside community in this deliciously depraved supernatural drama from Academy Award® winner Neil Jordan.

	Media	Author	Review
		Kim Newman Empire	"A mixture of tough and wistful and reflective and brutal, this is the ideal vampire movie for Twi-hards who’ve had their hearts broken for the first time (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Florid, preposterous but watchable soap opera of the undead (...) perhaps might have worked as well or better as a three-part television serial, but it has its own confidence and momentum. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matthew Turner View London	"An inventive, beautifully shot and emotionally engaging horror/thriller with a superb script and a pair of excellent performances from Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Keith Uhlich Time Out	"Jordan’s poetic sensibilities more than make up for any flaws. His uncanny aptitude for conjuring up resonantly metaphorical images (...) proves there’s plenty of life left in this undead genre (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"It’s not perfect, but when it works, 'Byzantium' towers above all of the romantic vampire slobber we’ve been getting lately. I fear that Dracula is watching from some moldy crypt somewhere, nodding approval (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Mr. Jordan adds a punctuating flourish...that exquisitely illustrates the once-upon-a-time mood."

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