review by Corey Pierce
Exotica 1994
Watched Jun 24, 2012
Corey Pierce’s review:
Here's the easy sell: There's boobs, nice ones, on a nice blu-ray transfer.
Here's the easier sell: This is a masterpiece, and possibly the best Canadian film I've ever seen (at least until I see Egoyan's Sweet Hereafter, which I now will, very very soon). This is a very relaxing and hypnotic film, that also has a very fully satisfying narrative, full of emotional weight with just enough ambiguity to leave you thinking long after you've watched. I immediately popped the commentary track on to listen to Atom wax over the amazing ending, which is not a twist but still changes the whole movie.
If you've not seen Exotica I urge you to rectify this as soon as possible.
Added to watch list. Thanks!
I quite liked the very interesting twist at the end that changed the dynamic of the whole film.
Sweet Hereafter is better, but yeah Exotica is great
I liked this a bit more than Sweet Hereafter but they are both masterpieces.
Highly recommend this Ebert look back at the film from 2009: rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090311/REVIEWS08/903119976/1023