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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant film-making, Depp in great form. a masterpiece, Feb 23 2008

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falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ninth Gate (Widescreen) (DVD)

i loved this movie.i bought it on DVD with really no expectations.boy,
was i pleasantly surprised.the performances were excellent, the music
was perfect for the film. Depp gives an understated performance which
kept me riveted for the whole movie.Frank Langella is brilliantly cast
as the bad guy.Emmanuaelle Seigner was particularly effective as the
mysterious girl who always seems to show up where Depp's character,
Dean Corso happens to be to lend a helping hand. but of course all is
not as it seems, as the ending reveals.the ending reveals just enough
to tease the viewer.i can find no fault with this movie.many people
complained about the ending, but i thought the ending was as it should
be, leaving the viewer to wonder what might happen next, which was, i
think the point.all of the deaths in the movie were very creepy and
eerie.i had not seen a Polanski movie before,but he really impressed me
with this effort.I have watched this movie several times and loved it
each time.to those people who hated this movie, all i can say is"to
each their own"and maybe it is an acquired taste.this movie is
definitely in my top ten.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars simply outstanding, July 25 2007

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falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ninth Gate (Widescreen) (DVD)

i really loved this film.i had no expectations going in,so i was pleasantly surprised.i thought all the performances were great.Frank Langella was brilliant.but is it Johnny Depp in the lead role who was really impressive.Depp puts in another quietly understated performance.the music was also perfect for this movie.it really brings out the suspense and creepiness factor.i thought the move was very stylistic and atmospheric.the tone is very dark,which is good,because the movie delves pretty deeply into dark territory.all i will say about that aspect is that it involves the occult.but the movie also has some substance and certainly raises some questions.it's certainly thought provoking.most of all,though,it's just entertaining.i don't always like Roman Polanski's movies,but he really impressed with this one.i highly recommend it.my vote for the "The Ninth Gate":5/5

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars In Too Deep, July 22 2004

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W. Boettger "Wolfie Darling" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This film is well done but it takes on far too deep themes for what it is; a film noir. This film does an excellent job of capturing detective film noir cliches, but because the mystery involves such grand ideas as satan coming to earth and good vs evil that the detective genre cannot do these themes justice. We have an excellent cast filling out all the classic characters of film noir detecive intrigue. There's Johnny Depp as Corso, the vice-ridden detective who ends up playing all sides to the middle. There are a couple of femme fatales with their own agendas. And there is the mysterious millionaire who hires the private dick to perform a seemingly simple task, but with an alterior motive. If this was just a story about a grimy P.I. who plays a bunch of greedy schemers against each other and walks away with a fistfull of dollars it would have been fine, but he walks away with the power to summon the devil. This movie never really deals with the dark ideas which its plot is based around, but that does not stop it from being amusing, it just never ends up as satisfying as 'Devil's Advocate', or 'The Exorcist'.

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4.0 out of 5 stars agreable a regarder
je trouve interressant de commenté ce produit car je suis fans de johnny depp et plusieur autre acteur que j'ai en filmographie dans mes dossiers

Published on Jan 7 2010 by Renaudtremblay

2.0 out of 5 stars decieving treat
I would have put 5 stars on this dvd, cause it's a treat for the eyes. The problem? Product description says it has the French version on it...BUT DOES NOT!!!

Published on Oct 16 2008 by David