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KEYHOLE (2012)Movie Reviews
Drama about a gangster making an indoor odyssey through his home, one room at a time, to the bedroom where his wife awaits. Cast:Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Louis NeginDirector:Guy MaddinRelease Date:April 6, 2012DVD Release:June 18, 2012From:Monterey MediaRating:RLength:1 hr 45 min
JUNE 18, 2012
Keyhole (2012), Good (Not Great) Reviews Key Cities
Keyhole (2012) played in key cities to good not great reviews. • Walter Addiego wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, "...replete with ghosts, Freudian overtones, lots of joking and more than a dash of sex.... I liked this movie somewhat, even if I'm not sure exactly what it means." • And David Rooney wrote in the Hollywood Reporter, "...as frustrating as it is beguiling." More Reviews Below...
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "...plays like a fever dream using the elements of 'film noir' but restlessly rearranging them in an attempt to force sense out of them."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 712 words, 05/04/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (10 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...less personal and more accessible than some of Guy Maddin's other work... it may also be a perfect gateway into the bizarre and fertile world of a unique film artist."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 539 words, 04/06/12
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "The whole thing is incomprehensible, but that's the point, sort of like in 'Eraserhead.' Except 'Keyhole' makes even less sense."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 153 words, 04/06/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "...more trudge than epiphany.... as moodily weird as Maddin's earlier work but not as seductive or transporting.... it overthinks its exploration of memory and forgiveness."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 289 words, 04/13/12
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...less playful than Maddin's earlier works, and notably less fun than the Coen brothers' riff on Homer's saga set in the same era, 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' "(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 04/06/12
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...plays like a fever dream using the elements of 'film noir' but restlessly rearranging them in an attempt to force sense out of them."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 712 words, 05/04/12
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...stunning... But it's so resistant to subjectivity, so much about obfuscation and the deceptive nature of the mind's eye, that it can be frustrating to look deeply into."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 491 words, 04/04/12
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "...conceptual, an exercise in repeatedly frustrated narrative closure, which makes for a repeatedly intriguing, repeatedly frustrating, exercise: A mystery with no solution."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 586 words, 04/13/12
Andrew Parker, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Guy Maddin's most entertaining and accessible film to date... Jason Patric commands every scene he's in and adds an extra level of wittiness..."(See all of Andrew Parker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 193 words, 04/12/12
KEY CITIES (4 Reviews)
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "...pieces are thrown together without humor or purpose... Maddin keeps detouring into nightmare sequences that quickly turn wearying... more Rorschach test than movie..."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 461 words, 06/01/12
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Maddin's movies aren't for every viewer... full of edgy images -- a kinky amputee, a naked (and obese) old man, and a good deal of full-frontal nudity and sexual activity."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 532 words, 04/07/12
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...replete with ghosts, Freudian overtones, lots of joking and more than a dash of sex.... I liked this movie somewhat, even if I'm not sure exactly what it means."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 296 words, 05/25/12
Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "Jason Patric's performance is a deadpan treat. His can-do, take-charge character is in continual zany contrast to his surreal surroundings."(See all of Michael Upchurch's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 296 words, 06/15/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...stunning... But it's so resistant to subjectivity, so much about obfuscation and the deceptive nature of the mind's eye, that it can be frustrating to look deeply into."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 491 words, 04/04/12
Noel Murray, AV Club: GOOD(cg) "...contains stretches as potent and distinctive as any in Maddin's filmography, but they stand apart from each other, and fail to fully connect."(See all of Noel Murray's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 441 words, 04/05/12
Bill Weber, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a haunted family history... the comic fillips the director calls his 'joy buzzers' partly recede to expose a starker -- and more remote -- case of cinema therapy."(See all of Bill Weber's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 579 words, 03/29/12
Andrew Parker, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Guy Maddin's most entertaining and accessible film to date... Jason Patric commands every scene he's in and adds an extra level of wittiness..."(See all of Andrew Parker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 193 words, 04/12/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...less personal and more accessible than some of Guy Maddin's other work... it may also be a perfect gateway into the bizarre and fertile world of a unique film artist."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 539 words, 04/06/12
Ian Buckwalter, NPR: VERY GOOD "Guy Maddin continues to straddle the line between opaque artistic symbolism and accessible playfulness... each film of Maddin's is a reset button for the past."(See all of Ian Buckwalter's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 644 words, 04/05/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "...more trudge than epiphany.... as moodily weird as Maddin's earlier work but not as seductive or transporting.... it overthinks its exploration of memory and forgiveness."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 289 words, 04/13/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...director Guy Maddin's singular humor and fabulous black-and-white mise-en-scene can't sustain this fever dream beyond its initial fascination..."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 896 words, 09/10/11
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...as frustrating as it is beguiling... literally a series of locked doors, dead-end corridors and nightmarish repetitions that becomes more laborious to follow..."(See all of David Rooney's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 712 words, 09/12/11
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "...more trudge than epiphany.... as moodily weird as Maddin's earlier work but not as seductive or transporting.... it overthinks its exploration of memory and forgiveness."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 289 words, 04/13/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: GOOD "...less personal and more accessible than some of Guy Maddin's other work... it may also be a perfect gateway into the bizarre and fertile world of a unique film artist."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 539 words, 04/06/12
15.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Keyhole (2012)'s reviews are separated by an average 15.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Keyhole (2012) (19 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Keyhole (2012)'s reviews cover 21.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 8,992 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 473 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 6.5 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Keyhole (2012)'s reviews on average broke 6.5 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Keyhole (2012)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Keyhole (2012) (19 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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