Altered States R

When he heard his cry for help it wasn't human
Altered States
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 9, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1980
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh84%

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Total Count: 44

Upright71%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 19,417
Dependably -- even exhilaratingly -- bizarre. Its strangeness, which borders cheerfully on the ridiculous, is its most enjoyable feature.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
There isn't a lucid moment in it (and much of the dialogue is rendered unintelligible by Russell's subversive direction), but it has dash, style, and good looks, as well as the funniest curtain line since Some Like It Hot. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jun 6, 2007
Rating: 3.5/4 -- I was overwhelmed, I was caught up in its headlong energy. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004
No character -- including William Hurt in the central role -- is even vaguely likable, and the mawkish ending is a laugh. In the Russell tradition, there are brilliant flashes on an overwrought trip to nowhere. Full Review
People Magazine
Aug 17, 2014
Direction by Ken Russell has energy to spare, with appropriate match-up of his baroque visual style to special effects intensive material. Full Review
Variety
Jun 6, 2007
Ken Russell's movie can be quickly forgotten. Many other horror movies arrive to our screens with more imagination and more modesty. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
El Pais (Spain)
Aug 22, 2019
It opens at fever pitch and then starts soaring -- into genetic fantasy, into a precognitive dream of delirium and delight. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Aug 17, 2014

Product Description:

Loosely based on the Paddy Chayefsky novel, this sci-fi spectacle tells the incredible story of a research scientist who experiments with altered states of human consciousness. Great performances and mind-blowing special effects. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound, Best Original Score.

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Product Info

  • UPC: 883929151370
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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