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  Review by Shea 5

  Leonard Cohen's chaotic, anthemic, fatalistically horny 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man is inextricably tied to circumstances of my life this last year and a bit, in the form of a long-standing obsession and long-gestating reimagining by my friend Leon, who sought to adapt this cursed collaboration between Cohen and Phil Spector into a kind of raucous musical cabaret performance exploring the major ills of society: toxic masculinity, sexual disenfranchisement, suburban ennui and general scumfuckery. Through some miracles and the hard work of an assortment of musicians, this passion project came to fruition a week after Spector's long-overdue death; the result is the first great South Australian incel rock opera, "Death of an Adelaidie's Man", a tragicomic cuckhold odyssey…

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  Review by Jaykray ★½ 1

  i heard there was a boring film
  with leonard cohen’s music in
  but you don’t really care for movies do ya
  it starts ok, but soon gets bad
  a frankenstein, a ghostly dad
  hallucinations caused by a brain tumour 

  cant be bothered to do any more, anyway this movie was bad don’t watch it.

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  Review by AdrianMoviez ★★★

  Brilliantly made and edited film but suffers from multiple flaws as it was executed quite poorly ngl. It started off great but it became dragging and slow at times as the plot wasn't the best and not as intriguing as I thought that it would be because the potential of the film was wasted. Besides the execution, I was a huge fan of the soundtrack, cinematography and just the landscape of the film. It also features a vibrant colour scheme that I liked a lot but overall is a dragging film with flaws here and there.

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  Review by Neidhammel

  Bis zum letzten Kapitel stellenweise aufregend schön, danach verliert sich die surreale Tragikomödie in Selbstbemitleidung und forcierten Wow-Effekten.

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  Review by Peter ★★★★

  I had my heart broken a little today so I tried to find a movie to fit my mood . This kind of worked . 
  One of my favourite movies of 2020 was still enjoyable but didn’t have the same impact as it did first time . 
  Mainly because when you know what’s going to happen it loses some shine . 
  Still I needed some Jessica Pare and Suzanne Clement today 💔🥲

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  Review by Gunterina ★★★★½ 3

  Death of a ladies' man

  Gesehen in der Sneak.

  Der Film begann und ich war direkt begeistert vom Intro, von seinem Anfang, von Gabriel Byrne. Ich mag die Emotionen und wie sie rübergebracht werden, ich mag die Veränderungen der Charaktere, welche alle wahnsinnig viel Herz haben. Ich mag die Anspielungen, ich mag die Poesie, ich mag die Behandlung des Themas Hirntumor - auf seine ganz eigene Art und Weise, mit Humor, Trauer, Tragik, ein wenig Voraussehbarkeit, Halluzinationen, Liebe, Herzblut und ja, ich mag sogar die Lieder. Und natürlich all das Fluchen.
  Und ja, ich habe auch geweint, aber nicht an den Stellen, an welchen ich es erwartet hätte.

  "Jeder Tag ist eine Herausforderung."

  4,5Sterne

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  Review by Peter ★★★★½

  I absolutely loved this . It’s not for everyone and I could see why people would pick at some holes but these are the movies that I’m so happy and optimistic about the future of cinema because they are still getting made . 
  Maybe it was the central character of Byrne reflecting on his life that got to me ? Maybe his relationships with his kids ? Maybe it was because he reminded me of my Dad and had the same condition? 
  Anyway the story was so ambitious and it allowed a lot of creativity which I loved . 
  Great cast too the reunion of clement and Pilon from Mommy was an unexpected delight and Jessica Pare just lit up the screen for the short but crucial time she was on screen . 
  Highly recommend

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  Review by Jacob McConnell ★★ 1

  Should’ve given that script a few more passes. Especially the last two thirds.

  There are good parts of this movie but they’re overshadowed by poor pacing, clichéd plot turns, and the most bizarre, lazily thrown together last 20 minutes ever.

  It’s a pity because it started out quite well.  Gabriel Byrne nails the character, Leonard Cohen’s music is great (who doesn’t love Leonard Cohen) but even those two men - forces of nature - couldn’t prevent the ship of this plot from sinking into the waters of mediocrity. 

  What should have been a nuanced meditation on death, family, culture and consciousness became the equivalent of an overly long, high budget first year Dawson College Cin/Com project, so far up its own ass it can’t see any sign of meaning in the dark of the void 

  And you had to drag Grumpy’s into it too? Fack.

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  Review by Isabelle ★★ 2

  Hab kein Glück mit Sneak Previews. xD
  Der Film war ok aber nicht berauschend

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  Review by Alex Rose ★★½

  C’est toujours plaisant de voir Gabriel Byrne dans un rôle principal, même si le personnage de prof de littérature irlandais alcoolique macho adjacent Updike /Roth /Irving fait de lui un choix un peu trop évident. En fin de compte, Death of a Ladies' Man n’a pas vraiment les moyens de ses ambitions — c’est à dire, être un espèce de jukebox musical surréaliste basée autour de l’œuvre de Leonard Cohen. Les passes de réalisme magique sont charmantes dans la première moitié du film, mais elles deviennent de plus en plus fréquentes et de moins en moins convaincantes tant au niveau visuel que narratif. Plus le film avance, plus son ton est inégal et décousu et plus sa trame narrative dépend…

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  Review by Daniel Lacher ★★

  Ein Feels-Bad-Movie der nur so vor sich hin plätschert.

  Dialoge, Kameraarbeit, schauspielerische Leistung und auch die Grundidee sind wirklich gut, nur ist für mein Empfinden der Schnitt super Träge.
  Sodass ich mich nach jedem Kapitel fragte, "ohh noch ein Kapitel?"
  Das führt dazu, dass sich der Film länger anfühlt als er letztendlich ist.

  Schade,
  wenn ich so über den Film nachdenke hätte er wirklich Potenzial gut zu sein.

  So würde ich ihn leider wirklich niemanden empfehlen.

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  Review by Sabine_S ★★½

  Familien- Alters--Sucht Dama mit surrealen ComedyElementen, Musical Einlagen und Gabriel Byrne als unzuverlässigem Erzähler. Mindesten ein ganzer Stern gehört ihm als alternden, einsamen Professor auf der Reise in den Titel- gebenden Tod. Hab leider im 3. Kapitel der Geschichte dem Drang auf die Uhr schauen zu wollen widerstehen müssen.