Bel Canto
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 42 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 6, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Screen Media
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Julianne Moore & Ken Watanabe | |
| Performer: | Sebastian Koch, Christopher Lambert, Elsa Zylberstein, Thorbjørn Harr, Olek Krupa, Tenoch Huerta, Maria Mercedes Coroy & Ryô Kase | |
| Directed by | Paul Weitz | |
| Edited by | Suzy Elmiger | |
| Composition by | David Majzlin | |
| Director of Photography: | Tobias Datum |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Watanabe and Moore acquit themselves well (although the latter's lip-syncing is questionable), but Bel Canto falls short of the operatic notes Weitz attempts to hit.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 1/5 --
It's the world-famous soprano Renée Fleming, and Moore is lip-syncing. And the effect is horrific. It's like a drag act, but not. And it's the final nail in the coffin of sweet intention and witless execution.
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Times (UK)
Rating: 3.5/5 --
A hybrid of political thriller and earthy drama, this film's tone is so odd that it keeps the audience off balance, which makes it compulsively watchable.
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Shadows on the Wall
... injects moments of dark humor to keep things lively, although the lack of tonal consistency and narrative context prevents a deeper emotional connection.
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Cinemalogue
Rating: 2/5 --
bullet fire is a welcome relief
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Daily Mirror (UK)
3 stars out of 4 -- [A] rapturous adaptation of the 2001 Ann Patchett novel, which was itself inspired by a real-life hostage crisis that took place in Lima, Peru, during the mid-‘90s.
RogerEbert.com
Rating: 2/5 --
Stinky is the only word to describe this earnest thriller in which a famous American opera singer learns life lessons (and gets jiggy) in a hostage crisis.
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London Evening Standard
Product Description:
In this drama from director Paul Weitz, a famous opera singer is asked to perform for a rich Industrialist in South America. When a band of rebels invades the performance, she is held hostage along with the industrialist and other attendees. Throughout their time together, the hostages and rebels learn more about each other and the soloist is asked to sing for peace. Starring Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Christopher Lambert, Sebastian Koch, and Thorbjørn Harr.
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