Passion of Darkly Noon details
| Format: | TBC DVD |
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| Starring: | Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen, Loren Dean, Grace Zabriskie |
| Director: | Philip Ridley |
| Genre: | Thriller - Drama |
| Name | Discs | |
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Passion of Darkly Noon |
TBC Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not currently released |
| Main languages: | English |
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One for the thinkers out there
By Darth Egregious from London , 04 Sep 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
If you liked Twin Peaks, this is a film for you. Fraser plays a repressed young man who stumbles out of the forest into Judd's cabin, only to be tempted beyond the point of madness by her strangly sexualised innocence. I quite enjoyed it as a film to think about, and it's nice that Fraser does well in role very far removed from his goofy hunk persona. All the actors are superb, and the director really manages to capture the beauty and strangeness of the forest. Darkly Noon manages to be both scary and pitiful, especially in the freaky scenes where he is goaded to murder by hallucinations of his dead fanatical-Christian parents. I can't pretend to have understood all of it. I got completely lost as to what was happening in a certain bit with a shoe, and the very last minutes seem too nicely convenient. However, overall a film that will keep you thinking long after the end credits have rolled.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(5)Absorbing & intense
By Baal72 (2 reviews) from Ipswich , 21 Oct 2011This is a fantastic film, and the uninformative, smugly dismissive critic's review is a disgrace. With Judd looking effortlessly seductive, Fraser not attempting comedy and Mortenson not talking, what more could you want? The cast contribute excellent, passionate performances and the isolation of the woods, providing both natural beauty in the daylight and foreboding darkness at night, combines to create an absorbing and intense movie.
This is a simple tale of the power of sexual desire and the human forces unleashed when a repressed young man is isolated from the constraints of his upbringing. The story is handled superbly, building steadily, taking time to establish empathy with the characters and the conflict rising in Darkly's heart.
Particularly enjoyable as a rare instance of Fraser showing that he can really act, despite spending most of his career gurning in weak comedies.- Was this review helpful to you?
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almost worth it...
By jazzbaby (24 reviews) from Livingston , 22 May 2009This is just a terrible film. However, the haunting beauty of the early scenes almost makes up for that fact. I saw this film several years ago but the image of the blissful, golden lovers in their secluded home in the woods is still vivid. I can’t bring myself to recommend this but I can’t say I regret watching it either.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Must see
By a customer from England , 17 Sep 2007Ashley Judd is superb in this film, story will keep you on the edge of your seat !!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Moody, sultry treat.
By Francis O' Sullivan from Albion , 09 Apr 2006Ashley Judd is great, as are both Viggo Mortensen and Brendan Fraser. A film dealing with passion, living as an outsider, and the psychological disorder that can result from taking religion too seriously. The director, Philip Ridley, creates a sensual experience, evoking American Gothic. The mood climbs steadily, building to a birthing of passions - erotic and destructive.
A cautionary tale concerning the often brutalising and dehumanising effects of (Paulian) Christianity. An original piece of film-storytelling - highly recommended.- Was this review helpful to you?
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One for the thinkers out there
By Darth Egregious from London , 04 Sep 2005If you liked Twin Peaks, this is a film for you. Fraser plays a repressed young man who stumbles out of the forest into Judd's cabin, only to be tempted beyond the point of madness by her strangly sexualised innocence. I quite enjoyed it as a film to think about, and it's nice that Fraser does well in role very far removed from his goofy hunk persona. All the actors are superb, and the director really manages to capture the beauty and strangeness of the forest. Darkly Noon manages to be both scary and pitiful, especially in the freaky scenes where he is goaded to murder by hallucinations of his dead fanatical-Christian parents. I can't pretend to have understood all of it. I got completely lost as to what was happening in a certain bit with a shoe, and the very last minutes seem too nicely convenient. However, overall a film that will keep you thinking long after the end credits have rolled.- Was this review helpful to you?
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