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Danny Huston delivers a staggeringly heartbreaking performance as a highly successful yet tragically doomed Hollywood agent in IVANS XTC. An adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH, Bernard Rose's drama relocates the original story to the fast-paced, cutthroat world of Hollywood, where debauchery and work go hand .. Read more

Starring	Danny Huston, Peter Weller, James Merendino, Adam Krentzmann
Director	Bernard Rose
Genres	Drama

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  - 11
  Pretentious, Self-centered and Egotistical
  
  This was highly regarded critically on release, and did well at a number of international film festivals. It has impeccable arthouse credentials; shot on ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mark Newton
  - London, England
  - 18 Jan 2004 at 17:46
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  - 0
  Don't bother
  
  Tedious; predictable, no plot, no dialogue, couldn't even talk myself into finding it interesting!
  
  Can only summise the good reviews were written... read more »
  
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- - lemond
  - 2 reviews
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 19:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Hollywood minus the tinsel
  
  Anyone who ever had ambitions to work in the film industry needs to see this low-budget gem, which sits somewhere between Hollywood satire and fly-on-the-wall ... read more »
  
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- - HowllingMad
  - 5 reviews
  - Leicestershire
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 12:15
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  - 1
  Just rubbish
  
  We really tried to stick with it but the acting was terrible, the way it was shot was annoying and we turned it off after 25 minutes.
  
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  - Mancheser
  - 04 Mar 2011 at 21:34
- - 1
  - 0
  Film of the Decade.
  
  Profoundly moral, scabrous film about the demise of a Hollywood agent makes for deeply moving personal experience.
  
  A very real descent into a human ... read more »
  
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- - SteveMason
  - 58 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 16 May 2010 at 13:39
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  - 0
  More Empathy than XTC!
  
  This is very well done, the socio-cultural setting well established, the characters convincingly on the screen. It's not really a pleasurable experience ... read more »
  
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- - KenS
  - 83 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Oct 2008 at 19:54
- - 3
  - 4
  Very tedious
  
  I just don't understand the hype. This film was just plain irritating to watch.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 17 Jun 2008 at 00:02
- - 3
  - 4
  tripe
  
  this movie is utter tripe
  
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- - nogingerfool
  - 3 reviews
  - london
  - 24 May 2008 at 22:17
- - 2
  - 1
  yikes - crap production quality
  
  this is someones personal gripe against the Hollywood system. It's got some good scenes and it edited badly, shot badly, lit badly. But kind of good in a ... read more »
  
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  - in the woods
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 11:05
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  Wonderful acting, sad story
  
  Danny Huston is a fantastic actor. The role he plays is so believable you can't help but feel sorry for him during his spiralling downfall. It loses my ... read more »
  
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- - Rory Aitken
  - Totnes
  - 26 Jan 2006 at 10:37
- - 5
  - 0
  Excellent Movie
  
  Very gritty, beautifully constructed film, different to anything else I have seen. The ending is heart-wrenching.
  
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- - Aaron
  - London, England
  - 07 Nov 2005 at 10:06
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  - 11
  Pretentious, Self-centered and Egotistical
  
  This was highly regarded critically on release, and did well at a number of international film festivals. It has impeccable arthouse credentials; shot on ... read more »
  
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  - Mark Newton
  - London, England
  - 18 Jan 2004 at 17:46
- - 10
  - 0
  performance of a lifetime
  
  A friend of mine bumped into Danny Houston in the street in London and thanked him for this perfomance. I feel like she sort of did it on my behalf too, and ... read more »
  
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- - lasseviren
  - 23 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 05 May 2005 at 07:33
- - 7
  - 1
  Don't listen to any of these reviews (except mine)
  
  Seriously, they don't know what they're talking about. This film is brilliant.
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 29 Nov 2004 at 17:06
- - 6
  - 0
  Based on "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy
  
  Based on "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy, (V moving by the way; absolute classic short story), but the story line is entirely new.
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- - Cooz
  - Oxfordshire
  - 12 Jan 2004 at 13:44
- - 5
  - 0
  Excellent Movie
  
  Very gritty, beautifully constructed film, different to anything else I have seen. The ending is heart-wrenching.
  
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- 170918
- - Aaron
  - London, England
  - 07 Nov 2005 at 10:06
- - 3
  - 0
  Uncompromising look at...
  
  Uncompromising look at the hedonistic but totally empty lives of the Hollywood media industry. Danny Huston, John Huston?s son, actually succeeds in making his... read more »
  
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- - Bobnessuk
  - 169 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 28 Sep 2004 at 09:33
- - 3
  - 1
  Deeply Flawed, Often Beautiful
  
  Without the staggering central performance by Danny Huston, Ivans XTC would be a complete mess, a meandering, badly acted, often shockingly badly shot (and I&#... read more »
  
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- - bobbyperu
  - Merseyside
  - 05 Oct 2005 at 15:03
- - 2
  - 1
  yikes - crap production quality
  
  this is someones personal gripe against the Hollywood system. It's got some good scenes and it edited badly, shot badly, lit badly. But kind of good in a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - in the woods
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 11:05
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  Gritty, honest, brilliant.
  
  If you like quality independent films then watch this. You don't need to know any more - seriously, just watch it. It's really really good.
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 29 Nov 2004 at 16:54
- - 1
  - 0
  Slow but not bad
  
  The heading said it all.
  
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- 67042
- - Tom
  - Exeter
  - 26 Jan 2005 at 00:03

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  Danny Huston delivers a staggeringly heartbreaking performance as a highly successful yet tragically doomed Hollywood agent in IVANS XTC. An adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH, Bernard Rose's drama relocates the original story to the fast-paced, cutthroat world of Hollywood, where ...