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03/27/09
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:9
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: International star Asia Argento portrays Anna Manni, a beautiful detective in pursuit of a savage serial killer-rapist who has been terrorizing Italy. When his trail leads Anna to Florence's famed... [More]
Starring: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Luigi Diberti, Marco Leonardi
Director: Dario Argento
Reviews for The Stendhal Syndrome
1 - 14 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe film should be approached ... less as delirious exploitation and more as a maturing director's next evolution ....
12/17/08
serves as a devastating, nihilistic attack on the failures--and fascinatingly, the successes--of Argento's oeuvre to this point.
05/07/08
...strange, and suspenseful.
11/27/07
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07/23/05
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06/01/05
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12/07/03
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09/26/03
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12/02/02
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06/05/02
Downright stupid run-of-the-mill misogynist serial killer fare.
02/28/02
The Stendhal Syndrome considerably improves after multiple viewings.
12/06/01
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02/14/01
Syndrome's bloody, flipped-out rapes may offend the politically correct, but its underlying concept is gripping.
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