Brentos
1Dec11
fitting that the most beautiful image from the short story is the most beautiful image in the film.
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MovieDude1893
7Apr12
A perfect gem that is currently flying to low under the radar given the Huston prestige and its status as his swan song. And what a song it is, delicately scaled just as the source material was before it. The film's many pleasures are encapsulated by an image featuring Anjelica Huston framed beautifully on a staircase. Huston was many things throughout his career, but for those few moments he is a true painter.
orsonmotherfuckerwelles
30Mar12
A curious attempt to adapt Joyce to the big screen and to recreate the life of Irish aristocracy in 1904, this movie fails at several levels, though it has some fine "poetic" moments that give life to all the characters involved. But Joyce is the most literary of all writers and some things are just impossible to adapt. In the end, we have the pilot episode of a well-made BBC series with medium production values.
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tony1990
14Nov11
Five stars alone for Anjelica Huston standing motionless in the staircase as she listens to the music of her past.
Daniel S.
29Oct11
A wintry film directed by a dying John Huston. Only the intoxicated guest and the lost coachman bring some colour and some life to this uptight gathering. Now if you're not a James Joyce fan, a John Huston completist nor a curious movie lover, I wonder how you landed here. A DVD zone Prozacland. Curtain !
Mick Sanderson
22Oct11
Very much enjoy this…characters and dialogue. Great combination of literature and film making.
Black Irish
11Feb11
In his final film, Huston reminds us yet again that we are always trapped by our inner selves, the past and hidden longings and desires that determine the course of our being. It is in our coming together as a whole which alleviates these sufferings, if only for a short while.
House of Leaves
12Dec10
How to Make Sure You Don't Screw Up Joyce: Use his words. Hire great actors.
Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
17Aug10
John Huston's final film is a beautiful, elagic mood piece about a Christmas dinner in Dublin circa 1907, The Dead is short on plot but heavy on rich characterization and stellar performances. The camera intimately tracks its way through the small apartment and Huston's painterly visuals add to the overall atmosphere. It's a masterpiece, but I only wish the phone hadn't kept ringing while I was trying to watch it.
Thomaz Amancio
12Aug10
However pale near the original short story, it's a beautiful and pacient movie about, well, death and so on.
