Chelsea Walls

I actually had quite some hopes for CHELSEA WALLS. It looked like Ethan Hawke took the basic concept of an ensemble-movie or mosaic-picture (a lot of different characters, each with their own story, that might cross each other at one... Full review

Hello! My name is Chelsea Walls, this is no joke. But it is wierd having my name as a movie title, I rated it A+ because it does. If you would like to know more about me, please contact me at... Full review

this movie was one of the greatest "indie" movies i have seen. the acting was great from his ex uma thurman to rosario dawson. directing was amazing just by watching the movie and not knowing anything about the hotel you knew... Full review

It was just boring. The story had absolutly no plot. The camera kept going from one scene to another and I could not see what the former had to do with the latter. The picture was pretty good and the actors,... Full review

The young poet Audrey is shown writing an epic love ode to her boyfriend. Montage of her on her bare-roomed floor with voice over ("I want to be your wristwatch band so that every pulse throb will subtly remind you... Full review

I connect with what this thing is supposed to be, but the substance of these artists is poor. Nothing we see from them rises above the level of teenage poetry. The Chelsea Hotel is still a mecca for poets and... Full review

I thought this film was extremely well crafted, with some outstanding performances - never overplayed or played for sensationalistic effect. Kris Kristoferson was a revelation - a very fine actor here, but everyone contributed to the realism and complexity of... Full review

All these characters have problems. But i think that is the point. Because the movie is mostly supposed to be about the hotel itself. The people in it are just passing through. The film is showing how the people change,... Full review

This film seems to be more of an experiment than a full fledged film. It has moments of brilliance but it is in dire need of plot structure. I also didn't connect to many of the characters because I was... Full review

There are many lines like the one above in this film. Ethan Hawke in his first work as a director has tried to capture the feeling of these modern beatniks who reside in the Chelsea Hotel in NYC and have... Full review

The movie looks nice. Zahn is so irritating he manages to ruin most of the scenes he shares with Leonard. Hawke shot the film on digital video, and the grainy surface works with the behavior of these characters. ... Full Review

Laramie Movie Scope:Chelsea Walls A story about those wild and wacky creative people This is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker, but good actors, good poetry and good music help sustain it. ... Full Review

It comes from the film print, not the original video source, which helps make it look a little more like a film than a video. Ultimately the biggest problem with the film (because, let's face it, actors will always make movies like this) is its dreary visuals. ... Full Review

Chelsea Walks is equal parts obnoxious, meandering and, well, insufferable..... ... Full Review

Tweedy's fragile guitar abstractions ground Ethan Hawke's often-pretentious Chelsea Walls; the CD, with two Wilco outtakes, is Tweedy's own little film, vague but haunting. For the adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel, Gough nods to Henry Mancini and Devo with a mix of songs and themes balancing obsessive craft with flippant style. ... Full Review

The misery often associated with the numbers in his repertoire -- dominated, natch, by the Great American Songbook -- was pronounced on an odd selection he recorded in 1998, Elton John and Bernie Taupin's "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest... ... Full Article

Apr 24, 2002 | There are plenty of reasons to make fun of "Chelsea Walls," Ethan Hawke's drifty, pretentious directorial debut (I'm not counting a short film he made in 1994). ... Full Article

Grace (Uma Thurman), Audrey (Rosario Dawson), Frank (Vincent D'Onofrio), Bud (Kris Kristofferson), Greta (Tuesday Weld), and Ross (Steve Zahn) are all new residents in the historic Chelsea Hotel. ... Full Article

Actor Ethan Hawke makes his feature film directorial debut in this film with a large ensemble cast including Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Robert Sean Leonard. ... Full Article

"Now, it feels like somebody else's life," Hawke says. "My life is no reflection of this anymore. I have two kids, one of them is nine years old. ... Full Article

Inside the Chelsea Hotel A Review by John Nesbit 08/21/2002 Most remember Ethan Hawke as the low-key actor from Dead Poet's Society , Snow Falling on Cedars , or Training Day . But now he debuts in the director's chair... ... Full Article