It's certainly an astounding film for its purely spectacular terms.
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03/27/09
Careful (1992)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:9
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.5/10
Synopsis: A stylish, parodic take on the German mountain films of the 1920's, this drama follows the travails of a widow and her three sons--the oldest of whom develops a sexual obsession for his mother--as... [More]
Starring: Gosia Dobrowolska, Vince Rimmer, Kyle McCulloch, Brent Neale
Director: Guy Maddin
Reviews for Careful
1 - 12 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
An acquired taste, Maddin is an unusually precise director who leaves little to chance. Whether one finds his approach too careful or just stunningly controlled will be up to individual cineastes.
05/08/07
In part a hilarious satire about Canadian timidity, it also comes across periodically as a formalist gem about nothing at all.
05/08/07
A weirdly amusing parable of sexual repression.
10/03/06
Uniquely weird, subtly macabre, and utterly compelling.
06/24/06
No review available.
03/09/06
No review available.
06/28/05
Careful is one long and amusing pun on German Expressionistic film imagery, Freudian psychology and quasi-Wagnerian storytelling, all carried to absurdist lengths.
05/20/03
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01/01/00
There's something wonderfully unique about the project but the reasons for doing it remain buried.
01/01/00
Top CriticCareful, the hilariously bizarre new film from Canadian director Guy Maddin, is like some lost masterpiece from a time-warped alternative dimension -- a strange artifact that time forgot.
01/01/00
Top CriticToo strange for its own good, Careful is less interesting as a film than it is as a Canadian cinematic anomaly.
01/01/00
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