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• Duncan Gray's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  Duncan Gray

  At it's core, and if it were directed in a more prosaic style, Mysteries of Lisbon would essentially be one big expository soap opera. But in Ruiz's hands, and with the enveloping, mesmerizing mood he creates, it becomes something more: a tract on how life is long, complicated, messy and beautiful, and you can spend your whole life trying to understand it without coming close.

  December 23, 2011 16:14

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• Robert Regan's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  Robert Regan

  I thought the days were past when I would love a movie that is four and a half hours long! Now I want to see the long version!

  August 15, 2012 02:41

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• sami's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  sami

  Full-blown intrigue and romanticism, women at their most delicate fainting right left and center, some awesome tracking shots and camera angles, tons of characters, locations, languages, sub-plots, costumes, and some seriously grandiose interiors. And all that over 4.5 hours.

  December 18, 2011 19:08

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• Ally the Manic Listmaker's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  Ally the Manic Listmaker

  Let's play a drinking game. Every time someone burps or faints, or if there is a parrot in the scene or a dream sequence, take a sip of your favorite alcoholic beverage. You'll stay drunk for the whole 4 1/2 hours. If someone burps when the parrot is in the room, you'll know it's near the end of the movie.

  December 28, 2010 11:27

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• Alex Denison's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  Alex Denison

  A film about the labyrinthine nature of time and memory, about voyeurism, about storytelling and the futile search for truth in representation. In short, cinema.

  July 25, 2013 15:12

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• Roscoe's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  Roscoe

  Beautifully made, well acted, impeccably produced, and somehow remote. Some good fun with the narrative threads, but I was never as engaged as I wanted to be, as I was by Ruiz's brilliant TIME REGAINED.

  August 23, 2011 13:45

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• BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!'s rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!

  Ruiz is truly a master of his craft. R.I.P.

  December 28, 2011 18:59

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• Jon Jost's rating of the film Mysteries of Lisbon

  Jon Jost

  For a view on Ruiz, see: http://cinemaelectronica.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/r-i-p-raul-ruiz/

  September 01, 2011 16:23

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