The Dancer Upstairs
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Actor: Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Lu?s Miguel Cintra, Marie-Anne Berganza, Montserrat AstudilloBrand: BARDEM,JAVIER
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Dancer Upstairs
DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
With a central mystery that never captivates the audience and a vacant performance by Javier Bardem in the lead, The Dancer Upstairs is a draggy and ho-hum political thriller that can be safely left on whatever shelf you find it.
DVD Review: well acted and tense drama
Summary: 4 Stars
An interesting film with fine acting - the threatening political situation is a shadowy force throughout and the moral dilemmas are interesting. Bardem is wonderfulDVD Review: Malkovich being Malkovich
Summary: 5 Stars
Whether he is in front of the screen or behind the screen, John Malkovich is my guy!DVD Review: Dissapointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I was disappointed by this movie. Although it has Laura Morante and Javier Bardem in it, and their acting is well done, the movie itself lacks so many things it I couldn't wait for it to be over. The film is slow, tedious and somewhat boring. Also, the plot is a bit confused and convoluted. The film fails to draw the viewer in and fails to tie many many things together. Several things are never explained which left me feeling confused and unable to better appreciate this movie. I just didn't like it much.DVD Review: Really surprised at how terribly boring this film was ,especially with Bardem!
Summary: 2 Stars
Javier Bardem is one of my favorite actors, but coupled with the flat affect personality and sensibility of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS was 135 minutes of blah,blah,blah.It shouldn't have been.This film was based on the real life events that terrorized the country of Peru back in the 1980's! What we got was a film as dead and lifeless as Malkovich's eyes and speech.This film,which has a very steamy cover to it with "An Intense Thriller" written at the bottom went no where very slowly.In the commentary, Malkovich says that he wanted to use actors who"have English as their second language".WHY John? I would have preferred that this Latin American political piece be done in original language with subtitles.But then, Italian actress Laura Morante would have had to learn another language.Even Bardem did not seem to me totally comfortable inhabiting the role of Officer Rejas,even as fluent in English as he is.
A friend from Peru explained to me what really happened during that time and all of the characters involved.That was more exciting than Malkovich's film.A COMPLETE PASS on this one!
Description of The Dancer Upstairs
This taut political thriller set in Latin America marks John Malkovich's explosive directorial debut. Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem (Best Actor, 2000 - Before Night Falls) stars as legit policeman Agustin Rejas, who faces the greatest challenge of his career - to catch the leader of a terrorist movement threatening to collapse his government, while being stopped at every turn by his own corrupt superiors. As the fight becomes more ferocious, Rejas' search brings him ever closer to the guerrilla leader. But when, amidst the chaos, he falls in love with his daughter's ballet teacher (Laura Morante), Rejas must choose between his heart, his country, and his own well-being.Marking an assured directorial debut for actor John Malkovich, The Dancer Upstairs is a tense, nerve-jangling political thriller that values adult storytelling and emotional depth over cheap thrills. It's a challenge for those accustomed to the frantic pace of Hollywood thrillers, but attentive viewers will be richly rewarded by Malkovich's slow-burn approach to the film's terrorist plot, adapted by Nicholas Shakespeare from his own novel, based on the "Shining Path" movement that terrorized Peru in the 1980s. The plot unfolds in an unnamed Latin American capital, where a lawyer-turned-police detective named Rejas (Javier Bardem) leads an investigation to locate Ezequiel, a terrorist whose followers have left a trail of fear, death and destruction across the city. Rejas falls in love with his daughter's ballet teacher (Laura Morante), but the film's ultimate revelation--a coincidence that Malkovich handles with credible delicacy--throws this simmering drama into stark relief, bringing Bardem's character (and his subtle performance) to a greater awareness of his own personal and political humanity. --Jeff Shannon
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