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08/16/07
Dot the I (2005)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:15
Rotten:44
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: dot the i starts out as a standard love triangle, but last minute revelations turn the movie into a gimmick.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Romance, Music (General), World Music
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: dot the i, a romantic thriller with a dark comedic twist, stars Gael García Bernal, who shot to fame in AMORES PERROS (Best Actor, Cannes Semaine de la Critique), Natalia Verbeke and James D'Arcy.... [More]
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Charlie Cox
Director: Matthew Parkhill
Reviews for Dot the I
You watch the screen in disbelief and amazement that any aspiring auteur could so willfully undermine his own project this way.
03/01/07
...benefits greatly from the inclusion of a thoroughly unpredictable third-act twist...
11/29/06
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06/24/06
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05/26/06
Dot the I is okay-ish until it drops one of those Sixth Sense-style plot twists which negates everything that has gone before it into audiences' laps . . .
04/28/06
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09/26/05
As much as it tries to be a smart, postmodern indie film, dot the i is pure Hollywood fluff.
08/18/05
The term 'terrible' not only describes what happens to the characters, it also describes the brain-numbing sensation of having to sit through this movie.
07/23/05
The movie stops being about [its characters] - and starts being about the ways writer-director Matthew Parkhill can screw with your head.
07/22/05
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07/05/05
So in love with its own inventions and convolutions that it ignores all plausibility and audience acceptance.
06/25/05
But despite its trickery, dot the i lacks emotional resonance that would elevate it above the banal.
06/17/05
Parkhill tries to keep new blood pulsing through the film, but the movie stalls by its third act, where he plays a trick that seems more desperate than fresh.
06/10/05
“Dot the I” wants to join the ranks of “Memento” and “The Usual Suspects,” films that reward multiple viewings, but it's so ridiculous that it doesn’t sustain a first.
06/09/05
Once the effect of the second act’s gimmick wears off, you find yourself growing more and more annoyed at the improbability of the entire setup.
05/31/05
A curious mélange that works more often than not.
05/20/05
A weird, pretty film with a dumb script, a skilled cast and a good twist, plus one hot sex scene and one brilliant scene-chew by D'Arcy.
05/20/05
Take a long, hard look at Parkhill's film, and you'll find too many i's undotted.
05/20/05
While stylishly done, Parkhill's script isn't nearly as clever as he thinks it is, and the sucker punch near the end lacks, well, punch.
04/28/05
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