The Addiction Reviews

1995

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The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive. Read more

Starring	Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Edie Falco, Annabella Sciorra
Director	Abel Ferrara
Genres	Horror, Music/Musical

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- Ferrara bites off more than he can chew in this horror movie, using images of massacres and concentration camp victims to emphasize his depiction of power-crazed bloodlust let loose on society; but his fiction shrivels in the light of these actual horrors
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 5
  - 0
  Arty but beautifully shot
  
  Mixed bag this film: you definitely have to be in the right mood to watch it, and I'm not sure I was.
  
  Beautifully shot in black and white, it'... read more »
  
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  - Drew Bolton
  - eastbourne
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 16:07
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- - 1
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  Peter Bradshaw is Wrong
  
  I rented The Addiction as Peter Bradshaw voted for it as his best film of all time in the last Sight & Sound survey of the critics best.
  
  As much ... read more »
  
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- - dougfilm
  - 1 review
  - Glasgow
  - 20 Nov 2010 at 20:20
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  When every other line of dialogue is a fatuous and random misappropriation of some work of philosophy in quotation. This is worse than simple meandering, or a... read more »
  
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- - Walrus
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 18 May 2009 at 11:31
- - 1
  - 0
  What is the philosophy of horror?
  
  Could it have been done any other way? Christopher Walken is at his best when discussing the bleakness of humanity through Sartre. Lili Taylor flits in and out ... read more »
  
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- - Corre
  - 10 reviews
  - Dalkeith
  - 03 Aug 2008 at 15:00
- - 2
  - 0
  Philosophical Vampirism
  
  Abel Ferrara, the doyen of uber-violence, gives us a rather tame, but totally pretentious take on the dusty-old vampire tale. Bloodletting is filmed in ... read more »
  
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- - wikkidsmyle
  - 438 reviews
  - Newmarket
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 19:56
- - 2
  - 0
  An embarrassing mess
  
  This film is stylishly shot and has some good scenes but totally fails to be anything more than flashy nonsense due to it's desperate desire to be taken ... read more »
  
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  - Hackney
  - 04 Jul 2007 at 13:43
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  I was disappointed, never got to the end which is rare for me
  
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  - Derby, UK
  - 06 Mar 2007 at 09:47
- - 4
  - 10
  Pretty boring
  
  Once again an example of how over rated this director is. Bad lieutenant was powerful and king of new York was an impressive show case for Christopher Walken, ... read more »
  
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- - RUSSELL WINTLE
  - Gloucester,England
  - 06 May 2005 at 14:58
- - 5
  - 0
  Arty but beautifully shot
  
  Mixed bag this film: you definitely have to be in the right mood to watch it, and I'm not sure I was.
  
  Beautifully shot in black and white, it'... read more »
  
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- - Drew Bolton
  - eastbourne
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 16:07
- - 0
  - 1
  Overwrought, 'philosophical' vampire movie
  
  To be sure I didn't watch all of this movie, so maybe it redeems itself near the end. But up to about half way I thought it too overwrought - a vampire '... read more »
  
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  - Hankham England
  - 26 Sep 2004 at 20:31
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- - 5
  - 0
  Arty but beautifully shot
  
  Mixed bag this film: you definitely have to be in the right mood to watch it, and I'm not sure I was.
  
  Beautifully shot in black and white, it'... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 96442
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Drew Bolton
  - eastbourne
  - 25 Apr 2005 at 16:07
- - 3
  - 0
  shame
  
  I was disappointed, never got to the end which is rare for me
  
  Report this review
- 417446
- - a customer
  - Derby, UK
  - 06 Mar 2007 at 09:47
- - 2
  - 0
  An embarrassing mess
  
  This film is stylishly shot and has some good scenes but totally fails to be anything more than flashy nonsense due to it's desperate desire to be taken ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 455555
- - a customer
  - Hackney
  - 04 Jul 2007 at 13:43
- - 2
  - 0
  Philosophical Vampirism
  
  Abel Ferrara, the doyen of uber-violence, gives us a rather tame, but totally pretentious take on the dusty-old vampire tale. Bloodletting is filmed in ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 457693
- - wikkidsmyle
  - 438 reviews
  - Newmarket
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 19:56
- - 1
  - 0
  What is the philosophy of horror?
  
  Could it have been done any other way? Christopher Walken is at his best when discussing the bleakness of humanity through Sartre. Lili Taylor flits in and out ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 607707
- - Corre
  - 10 reviews
  - Dalkeith
  - 03 Aug 2008 at 15:00
- - 1
  - 0
  Empty
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  When every other line of dialogue is a fatuous and random misappropriation of some work of philosophy in quotation. This is worse than simple meandering, or a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 759151
- - Walrus
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 18 May 2009 at 11:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Peter Bradshaw is Wrong
  
  I rented The Addiction as Peter Bradshaw voted for it as his best film of all time in the last Sight & Sound survey of the critics best.
  
  As much ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 941184
- - dougfilm
  - 1 review
  - Glasgow
  - 20 Nov 2010 at 20:20
- - 0
  - 1
  Overwrought, 'philosophical' vampire movie
  
  To be sure I didn't watch all of this movie, so maybe it redeems itself near the end. But up to about half way I thought it too overwrought - a vampire '... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 19702
- - a customer
  - Hankham England
  - 26 Sep 2004 at 20:31
- - 4
  - 10
  Pretty boring
  
  Once again an example of how over rated this director is. Bad lieutenant was powerful and king of new York was an impressive show case for Christopher Walken, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 100343
- - RUSSELL WINTLE
  - Gloucester,England
  - 06 May 2005 at 14:58

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