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Dead Again
on DVD (1991)
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| Starring: |
Kenneth Branagh, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi, Hanna Schygulla, Emma Thompson, Campbell Scott, Robin Williams |
| Director: |
Kenneth Branagh |
| Studio: |
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
103 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Genres: |
Thriller |
| Languages: |
English |
| Dubbed: |
Czech, German |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released: |
18/03/2002
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Brief synopsis of Dead Again
In Kenneth Branagh's stylish suspense film, Branagh stars as Mike Church, a Los Angeles detective who is drawn into the life of Grace (Emma Thompson), a woman with amnesia who is plagued by disturbing nightmares. Attempts to help her regain her memory bring them to Franklyn Madson (Derek Jacobi), a mysterious hypnotist who runs an antique shop. Under hypnosis, Grace claims that in a previous life she was Margaret Strauss, a concert pianist who was murdered by her jealous husband, Roman. Further sessions lead her to believe that Mike is actually Roman reincarnated and that the two are destined to re-create the murder. Mike must then attempt to solve two mysteries--the real identity of Grace and the true story behind a 40-year-old crime. Branagh's taut thriller also features Robin Williams, Andy Garcia, and Campbell Scott.
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Radio Times
The present is tense because the past is imperfect in Kenneth Branagh's determinedly old-fashioned thriller in the tongue-in-chic Hitchcock tradition. He's a cynical LA private detective hired to research the background of amnesiac mystery woman Emma Thompson, who's obsessed by scissors and tormented by nightmares from someone else's life. An enjoyably overdone, stylish mix of film noir trivia, eccentric plotting, gender-bender twists and razzle-dazzle turns director Branagh's darkly delicious reincarnation parody will keep you guessing right up until the deliriously OTT finale.
Time Out
Branagh's lame stab at a romantic psychological thriller makes no sense. Sloppily constructed and cut, riddled with...
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New York Times
"...A big, convoluted, entertainingly dizzy romantic mystery melodrama....Another coup de cinema for [Branagh]..."
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