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Edmond Reviews

2005

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A fortune-tellers teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) lurching into New York City's hellish underworld. Read more

Starring	William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Bai Ling, Mena Suvari
Director	Stuart Gordon
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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- William H Macy stars in this slick but sleazy thriller. read more »
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  - 9
  Movie of the year!!!
  
  A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: 'You are not where you... read more »
  
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  - TheMatrix2010
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  - Haringey
  - 04 Nov 2006 at 14:18
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- - 0
  - 0
  Just Wrong in Many Ways
  
  I found this film unbearable and couldn't watch much of it.
  
  What I did watch was a bit of a fool and a racist (William H Macy) makes a bit of a ... read more »
  
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- 1118586
- - Sybilisation
  - 39 reviews
  - London
  - 12 May 2012 at 15:56
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  do not watch this film.....it is by far the biggest heap i have ever seen
  
  This film MUST be the only film ever to be about nothing at all? There is no moral to the story? infact there is no story.
  
  A guy is bored...that is ... read more »
  
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- 1117395
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - LoveZombieFilms
  - 6 reviews
  - Hartlepool
  - 07 May 2012 at 20:52
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  - 1
  offensive in every conceivable way
  
  offensive in every conceivable way. david mamet is supposed to be an amazing writer but this film appears to have been written by 16 year old boy who is angry ... read more »
  
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- 1115723
- - kevinfilmcritic
  - 1 review
  - 01 May 2012 at 13:24
- - 1
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  when good men do nothing....
  
  Undersold version of Mamet's smart and incisive play on Edmund Burke's philosophical treatise - don't let you put you off - ideas are explored ... read more »
  
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- - Munkki
  - 49 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Dec 2011 at 19:29
- - 1
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  American Pie it ain't but it sure is a film of Alternative Qualities
  
  Interesting film with William .H.Macy exploring urban existence in America and attitudes to Racism. Macy plays Mr. Angry so to speak with a powerful leaning to ... read more »
  
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- - RobertAF
  - 9 reviews
  - Airdrie
  - 05 Dec 2011 at 11:00
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  - 0
  Unexpected Gem
  
  Didnt expect such a strong movie. Took me a little by surprise - pleasantly. Elements of Falling Down and Taxi Driver but a little lower key. Certainly a good ... read more »
  
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- 1057137
- - 5ft7offootballheaven
  - 229 reviews
  - London
  - 31 Oct 2011 at 00:43
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  Edmond's lonley island, he wss just trying to reach out from
  
  I somehow was able to relate to Edmond Burke's feelings, but not his attitudes. I think he was lost within his own psyche and wanted to reach out to other ... read more »
  
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- - Onlylexus
  - 119 reviews
  - Chesterfield
  - 27 Sep 2011 at 18:24
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  - 0
  Oh what a night
  
  blimey that went wrong didn;t it?
  
  Great actor, good film, like a runaway train he just lost control of it all
  
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- - Colonel1968
  - 138 reviews
  - 16 Aug 2011 at 01:17
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  Edmond 2005
  
  A very dark and gritty story. Quite unexpected. Enjoyable is probably not the right word for it but even so, I did enjoy it. William H Macy is his usual ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 May 2011 at 11:03
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  edmond 2005
  
  I found this film thought provoking beyond all reason,it starts with difficult questions about who we are as a society and ends by leaving as plausable a reason... read more »
  
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  - norwich norfolk
  - 27 Jan 2011 at 20:46
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- - 32
  - 9
  Movie of the year!!!
  
  A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: 'You are not where you... read more »
  
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- 381113
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  - TheMatrix2010
  - 2 reviews
  - Haringey
  - 04 Nov 2006 at 14:18
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  - 7
  Edmond
  
  David Mamet is a great writer, but even a great writer has his off days and watching Edmond is like watching Mamet vigorously scrape the bottom of the barrel. ... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 09 Sep 2007 at 10:56
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  - 3
  Awful, The Worst Film Iv Rented From This Site
  
  Dont be fooled by the cover - at no point does the film go black and white or Macey hold a gun or anything that might make it stylistic and slick....despite a ... read more »
  
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- - NativityInBlack
  - 101 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 16 Dec 2007 at 04:26
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  RIP OFF!!
  
  This film is basically a BIG RIP OFF of the all time classic 'Falling Down' with Michael Douglas except its not half as funny or good.
  
  Worth ... read more »
  
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  - East Anglia
  - 24 Jul 2007 at 18:23
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  be open-minded
  
  i'm glad i still rented this film dispite the reviews.
  
  i was surprised how much i enjoyed watching a story of one man's downfall.
  
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- - krugergreebo
  - 26 reviews
  - Keighley
  - 09 Dec 2007 at 10:52
- - 9
  - 2
  Poor if you are hard of hearing
  
  Find this DVD to be terrible as I am hard of hearing and require subtitles to be able to enjoy a film, but there were none available. If I was coloured or a ... read more »
  
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  - Falkirk, Scotland
  - 18 Feb 2008 at 13:27
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  - 4
  absolute crap
  
  thank god my cat stood on the dvd remote and ejected this crap, it saved me the bother - RUBBISH
  
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  - Bangor
  - 07 Dec 2007 at 17:40
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  Not based on Falling Down
  
  I would just like to point out that Edmond could not possibly have been based on Falling Down. Edmond, a famous David Mamet stage play, was written in 1982. ... read more »
  
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- - Jedediah Leland
  - Reading, England
  - 09 Oct 2007 at 15:41
- - 4
  - 0
  Disturbing 'nutcase' film
  
  Fairly slow burning but very good film about a man who fancies a change in lifestyle. After leaving his wife and hitting the streets to find what he really ... read more »
  
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- 505642
- - SkinHeadDeano
  - 78 reviews
  - Beds, England
  - 20 Dec 2007 at 19:56
- - 4
  - 0
  As bad as it gets..
  
  This has to be one of worst films I've seen in a looong while. Cannot comprehend how anyone could enjoy it. Believe me, I tried hard to find redeeming ... read more »
  
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- - Kromagz
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 19 Feb 2008 at 18:14

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Critics' reviews
- William H Macy stars in this slick but sleazy thriller. read more »
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- Mr. Macy, a master at playing sticks of human dynamite in mild-mannered camouflage, gives the nerviest screen performance of his career
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  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:30
- The start of this grim fairy tale â" adapted by David Mamet from his own 1982 play â" is ominous in more ways than... read more on Time Out
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- - Geoff Andrew
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
- Macy -- the quintessential player of Mamet men in all their impacted rage -- stars in this claustrophobic adaptation
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  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:30
- Brisk and bracing....A small masterpiece
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