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Shallow Grave

1994

Danny Boyle

Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Mullan ...

6.6

7,615

Thriller. Mystery To avoid spoiling the movie this plot summary is very brief. It starts when three people living together in a four bedroom flat are looking for a house mate. The interviews they conduct are very unorthodox and very funny. Eventually the three agree on one prospective tenant. He moves in, locks his door, and is not seen again. After a couple of days the three become curious and break in to his room. What follows is an amazing piece of ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"Danny Boyle does wonders with a small budget, and the suave, dense-hued look of his movie stays with you long after the horror has evaporated."
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Since no reasonable person can remotely hope to identity with Juliet, David or Alex, the whole case drops through (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Neil Smith BBC	"A savagely entertaining neo-film noir."
		Mark Dinning Empire	"Brilliantly implicit, relentlessly paced, hilariously dark and underpinned by a central moral dilemma guaranteed to tease long after lights out."
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A sky-high level of misanthropy overwhelms his film in ways that prove more sour than droll, despite the presence of skillful actors and a bizarrely enveloping plot."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Danny Boyle’s Edinburgh noir debut is a triple-crossing treat (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"So good that it's scary (...) A tight little thriller, filled with exhilarating twists, that quickly establishes its artistic contract with the audience."
		Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"There's something in Shallow Grave that is admirable, beyond its obvious display of youthful talent."
		Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"Boyle's characters, too, are young and fresh and promisingly rude - especially McGregor's Alex - but they become less and less interesting as the movie progresses"

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