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  Review by matt lynch ★★★

  As lovely as it is deeply stupid, like a MATRIX knockoff designed by a committee of Bob Flanagan, Damien Hirst, and Henry Darger. At its best a genuinely unsettling freakout distilled from a lot of ostentatiously grim, intrinsically misogynist pop serial killer imagery, and at its worst reinforcing the stereotypical crap about violent mental illness being rooted almost exclusively in sexual dysfunction and trauma.

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  Review by Theo ★★★ 2

  These scientists are idiots. Placing Jennifer Lopez into my comatose subconscious is one way to guarantee i’ll never wake up

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  Review by 20oldboy03 ★★★★ 8

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  Inszenierungsprogramm Bewusstsein Proband 1-Q abgeschlossen

  Willkommen in „THE CELL“, das interaktive, Ihr Bewusstsein verändernde Gedankenexperiment heißt Sie, Proband 1-Q, für geeignet.

  Als ersten (1) Schritt, versuchen Sie (P1-Q) sich zu entspannen, sehen Sie (P1-Q) sich um.

  Haben Sie (P1-Q) folgenden Schritt absolviert, machen Sie (P1-Q) sich mit der fremdvertrauten Welt um Sie (P1-Q) herum vertraut; Inszenierungsprogramm Schritt (2) zwei beginnt:

  Das harte Gesteinsplateau auf dem Sie (P1-Q) gehen, die gleißend helle Sonne im wolkenlosen blauen Äther, die eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht einsam stehenden toten Bäume, der kleine Junge mit der kurzen Hose und dem Hemd darin, der…

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  Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★ 2

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  Task #11 : A film about a serial killer!
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  Director Tarsem Singh's psychological thriller may not have been a 5 star movie but it wasn't for lack of trying! Extraordinarily gorgeous visuals coupled with grotesque imagery that are the stuff of nightmares subjected my eyeballs to a binge of epic proportions!

  Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn's characters were quite likable and made the journey into the fantastical world of the unbelievable believable!

  But the real stars of the film was the original premise and of course the striking visuals! For the artistic inclined out there the film has many scenes inspired by real works of art!

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  Review by Travis Lytle ★★★★ 2

  Imagine "Silence of the Lambs" filtered through the fever dream of someone who has spent too much time in a bazaar in Marrakech, and you will have an idea of what "The Cell" has in store for its audience. Combining the stylized, pan-cultural aesthetic of Tarsem's Singh's imagination with an already interesting concept, the film is an effective, sometimes disturbing, thriller. It is slowly paced, but completely engrossing and visually stunning.

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  Review by B E R T ★★★★½ 9

  God I love this movie. So underrated and unique, very original premise and executed perfectly. The biggest surprise is just how good JLo is in it, this is SO NOT the kind of movie you expect JLo to be in, and yet, she’s fantastic in it. I much prefer this early era of her film career over what she does now, she seemed to step out of the box during this time with her film choices, Angel Eyes and Enough are 2 others worth checking out for great JLo performances, the actress she is today is worlds away from the actress she once was. I’d love to know whether she would sign on to a movie like this now.

  Anyway,…

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  Review by Wade ★★★½ 4

  Creepy and beautiful

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  Review by 𝙊𝙯𝙖𝙣𝙤 ★★★★½ 3

  A deep dive into the psyche of a serial killer.
  Quite literally... with a new therapy method it is possible to go into the subconscious minds of people and see their own unique world in person. 
  And let me tell you... the mind of a serial killer never looked so twisted and stylish at the same time!

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  Review by Fred 🇵🇷 ★★★★ 6

  Director's Cut

  I came across an editorial showcasing the late great Eiko Ishioka's costume designs for The Cell and was so fascinated by them that I decided to run with the sudden urge to drop what I was doing and watch the film just to see them. Spoiler alert: they did not disappoint.

  Ishioka's creations, paired with Tarsem Singh's instantly recognizable visual palette (replete with the striking fruits of his imagination) and a haunting score from Howard Shore, make The Cell an undeniably arresting piece of sensory-driven entertainment. With solid performances from Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and a terrifying Vincent D'onofrio (not to mention supporting work from the ever underrated Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Dylan Baker), this is a strong case…

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  Review by Mister Cap ★★★★ 6

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  Habt ihr euch jemals gefragt, was passiert, wenn man einen Psychiater, eine virtuelle Realität und einen Serienkiller in einen Mixer wirft? Nun, wenn ihr das Ergebnis sehen wollt, dann solltet ihr euch unbedingt "The Cell" anschauen.

  Jennifer Lopez spielt in diesem Film eine Psychiaterin, die eine neuartige Technologie namens "The Cell" verwendet, um in die Gedankenwelt eines Serienkillers einzutauchen und ein entführtes Mädchen zu retten. Klingt faszinierend, oder? Nun, das ist es auch.

  Ich bin bei jedem Rewatch aufs Neue von der Optik des Films begeistert. Jede Einstellung ist wie ein Gemälde, jede Szene ist so kunstvoll und detailliert gestaltet, dass man das Gefühl hatte, man würde durch ein Museum spazieren.

  Auch Vincent D'Onofrio als Serienkiller macht einen…

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  Review by Tarantinhoe ★★★★½

  if silence of the lambs and seven took acid and it's fucking brilliant

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★ 15

  Once Upon A Time…. An Spooktober List

  Mental health has been touched on films probably since the inception of cinema as an art. As many who suffered from any of form of this will tell you, most of these films rarely do a good job portraying them on screen but rather "satanizing" them and giving a bad rap.

  Tarsem Singh (The Fall) breakthrough film takes on the subject from an interesting point by taking on the very gruesome police procedurals and thriller of the era (think Seven or Taking Lives), all set in the subconscious (a la Inception), interchanging between the real life and this world of nightmare (heavily influenced by Jorodowsky, but much darker). As The Fall, the direction…