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Director Agnieszka Holland (OLIVIER OLIVIER, WASHINGTON SQUARE) presents this probing period piece that examines the nihilistic relationship between bad-boy French poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and writer Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). After Rimbaud sends Verlaine a series of poems, Verlaine summons him to Paris. .. Read more

Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc
Director	Agnieszka Holland
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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- Unsuccessful attempt to dramatize a famous literary conjunction; the concentration is on their behaviour rather than the work that came out of their mutual needs, and that is not grounded in any felt experience, seeming arbitrary and without point.
- 30490
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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- - 10
  - 0
  Excellent movie.
  
  This movie describes the violent and passionate love affair between the young poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo Di Caprio) and the 24 year-old just married Paul ... read more »
  
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- 18906
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Bruce M
  - Oxford, England
  - 20 Sep 2004 at 14:42
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- - 1
  - 1
  gay darr
  
  erm despite all the people rejecting this film for lack of penis, and not gay enough content, i fink itz well gd.
  
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- - a customer
  - 26 Apr 2011 at 15:50
- - 2
  - 0
  Great! Well worth a watch.
  
  I thought this was a great movie. If you're a fan of DiCaprio you'll deffinatly want to catch this. I, being a lover of gay movies as well as DiCaprio, ... read more »
  
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  - Meopham, Kent
  - 02 May 2010 at 22:58
- - 2
  - 0
  strong performances
  
  'Total Eclipse' - Leo di Caprio as 16 year old wild boy Arthur Rimbaud bursting into Paul Verlaine's cosy bourgeois life in 1870s Paris: sex, drugs... read more »
  
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  - Sandy
  - 26 Jan 2009 at 22:25
- - 15
  - 13
  Leonardo Di Caprio - Wow
  
  Leo looks sooooo cute in this movie - like a peach!!
  
  Mmmmmm - I'd love to bum him!!!
  
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- - Chris Hillier
  - Didcot, Oxfordshire
  - 09 Mar 2007 at 21:11
- - 5
  - 8
  hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
  
  A word for Leonardo Di Caprio, 'YOUR WILLY IS SO SMALL!!!!
  
  I almost wet myself when I had to ZOOM right up to see his maggot!!!!
  
  ... read more »
  
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- 153829
- - DYLAN TAYLOR
  - DONCASTER
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 12:38
- - 5
  - 7
  OH DEAR GOD!!!
  
  ''LEONARDO DI CAPRIOS MOST REVEALING PERFORMANCE''
  
  THATS WHAT THE COVER SAYS....?
  
  WELL, IF YOU CALL A SPLIT SECOND GLIMPSE... read more »
  
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- 153826
- - ex Leonardo Fan
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 12:36
- - 1
  - 2
  To Watch or not to Watch
  
  I should have chosen not to watch. I had waited a long time to see this movie and I wish I had not bothered.
  
  Report this review
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 25 Feb 2005 at 21:58
- - 10
  - 0
  Excellent movie.
  
  This movie describes the violent and passionate love affair between the young poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo Di Caprio) and the 24 year-old just married Paul ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 18906
- - Bruce M
  - Oxford, England
  - 20 Sep 2004 at 14:42
- - 4
  - 2
  Total Eclipse
  
  Despite being marketed as a gay film, and despite having a gay relationship as the central theme, I found this film extremely disappointing. The central ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1712
- - a customer
  - Salisbury
  - 11 Feb 2004 at 10:13
- - 4
  - 0
  Total Eclipse
  
  Until I saw this film for the first time, I thought Leonardo DiCaprio achieved fame through good looks and little else. 'Total Eclipse' shows that he ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 294078
- - SeeJay
  - Kent
  - 24 Oct 2003 at 17:15
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- - 10
  - 0
  Excellent movie.
  
  This movie describes the violent and passionate love affair between the young poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo Di Caprio) and the 24 year-old just married Paul ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 18906
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Bruce M
  - Oxford, England
  - 20 Sep 2004 at 14:42
- - 15
  - 13
  Leonardo Di Caprio - Wow
  
  Leo looks sooooo cute in this movie - like a peach!!
  
  Mmmmmm - I'd love to bum him!!!
  
  Report this review
- 418644
- - Chris Hillier
  - Didcot, Oxfordshire
  - 09 Mar 2007 at 21:11
- - 4
  - 0
  Total Eclipse
  
  Until I saw this film for the first time, I thought Leonardo DiCaprio achieved fame through good looks and little else. 'Total Eclipse' shows that he ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 294078
- - SeeJay
  - Kent
  - 24 Oct 2003 at 17:15
- - 4
  - 2
  Total Eclipse
  
  Despite being marketed as a gay film, and despite having a gay relationship as the central theme, I found this film extremely disappointing. The central ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1712
- - a customer
  - Salisbury
  - 11 Feb 2004 at 10:13
- - 2
  - 0
  strong performances
  
  'Total Eclipse' - Leo di Caprio as 16 year old wild boy Arthur Rimbaud bursting into Paul Verlaine's cosy bourgeois life in 1870s Paris: sex, drugs... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 695805
- - a customer
  - Sandy
  - 26 Jan 2009 at 22:25
- - 2
  - 0
  Great! Well worth a watch.
  
  I thought this was a great movie. If you're a fan of DiCaprio you'll deffinatly want to catch this. I, being a lover of gay movies as well as DiCaprio, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 888579
- - a customer
  - Meopham, Kent
  - 02 May 2010 at 22:58
- - 1
  - 1
  gay darr
  
  erm despite all the people rejecting this film for lack of penis, and not gay enough content, i fink itz well gd.
  
  Report this review
- 986371
- - a customer
  - 26 Apr 2011 at 15:50
- - 1
  - 2
  To Watch or not to Watch
  
  I should have chosen not to watch. I had waited a long time to see this movie and I wish I had not bothered.
  
  Report this review
- 75941
- - a customer
  - England
  - 25 Feb 2005 at 21:58
- - 5
  - 7
  OH DEAR GOD!!!
  
  ''LEONARDO DI CAPRIOS MOST REVEALING PERFORMANCE''
  
  THATS WHAT THE COVER SAYS....?
  
  WELL, IF YOU CALL A SPLIT SECOND GLIMPSE... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 153826
- - ex Leonardo Fan
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 12:36
- - 5
  - 8
  hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
  
  A word for Leonardo Di Caprio, 'YOUR WILLY IS SO SMALL!!!!
  
  I almost wet myself when I had to ZOOM right up to see his maggot!!!!
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 153829
- - DYLAN TAYLOR
  - DONCASTER
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 12:38

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  Director Agnieszka Holland (OLIVIER OLIVIER, WASHINGTON SQUARE) presents this probing period piece that examines the nihilistic relationship between bad-boy French poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and writer Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). After Rimbaud sends Verlaine a series of poems, ...