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Christian Anholt,
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George Milton
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: Platinum Disc
: Ghosts
: 99 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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George Milton directed and co-wrote this quirky and riveting British thriller set in a crumbling old hotel run by a suspicious-looking manager named Jay (Trevor Eve, who played Harker in the 1979 Dracula). A group of strangers, gathered by an obnoxious young sailor (Christien Anholt) to celebrate his birthday, plays cards to determine which of them will spend the night in Room 207. The room is reputed to be haunted and a place where one "dreams the dreams of the ones who slept before you." Susie (Yse Marguerite Tran), an Asian woman who came to the hotel ostensibly to meet "someone special" is first, witnessing an appalling scene combining apparent oral sex and childbirth. She was dreaming the same dream the manager had when he slept there last. As the days and nights progress, more of the guests' dark secrets begin to come to light, leading them all to know far too much about each other's personal lives. One is there to avenge his dead son; another is seeking the birth-mother who rejected her; another is a suicidal former centerfold. There's robbery, drug abuse, perverse sexual behavior, and it's all somehow tied in to the hotel's creepy chef (George Lentz) and his dull-witted assistant (Detlef Bothe), leading inevitably to murder. Ute Lemper stands out as the mysterious Greta, Milton's direction is assured, and the film's look and feel often bring to mind a self-contained variant on Twin Peaks at its best. George Harris and Edward Hardwicke co-star. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
May 22, 2004 - 7:18 AM PDT
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0 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| Watching this rather bizarre movie, moment by moment, was not a chore. Once it was over, however, we had to wonder what the point was. The performances were all fine but there was no comprehensible reason to have spent our time here. APPETITE falls between the cracks of psychology, horror, mystery and love story, never managing to satisfy as any of the above. Some characters meet grizzly ends for not much reason; others do not, also for no reason. The photography was excellent, and my companion commented that it was nice to see a (supposedly) scary movie that didn't reply on heavy-handed special effects. The main reason I added this film to our queue was the chance to see German actress Ute Lemper. We had just witnessed Ms. Leper's cabaret act here in NYC, in which she was consistently heavy-handed and over-the-top. Interestingly, she comes off much better here. (She also looks much older, even though this film was made seven years ago!) Subtle and always believable, she makes a fine film actress, with more than a bit of the Dietrich glamour and charisma. Now, if someone would just find her a decent script and a good director.... |
| Appetite does nothing to satisfy yours...
by Emosjrny
December 11, 2003 - 7:17 PM PST
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| More than once, I found myself wondering if this wasn't a translation of a stage play to film. Set primarilly in a hotel, this UK film at times plods along much too slow and worst has virtually no relateable or even likable characters though the cast (though mostly unknown to most Americans) seems to feature a selection of fairly experienced European thespians. The suspence level barely produces sweaty palms and the hint of a lesbian scene was about the only almost exciting moment. |
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