Hotel

I thought this movie was wierd. I just watched the dvd extras. They said it was no script written. So the actors had in improvise. WTF!!! I mean you had all those great actors in the movie but no storyline. A... Full review

Personally I agree the beginning may be slow. BUT the movie as a whole was funny and most entertainin!! I have never seen a movie with this kind of a plot. Where no matter who you are it leaves you going....HUH???... Full review

With the list of great actors and actresses, I expected much better movie. What a waste of talents and my time!!!... Full review

The key goal to understanding this movie is too watch it more than once. I loved the direction...Mike Figgis did an excellent job on this film. I thought the idea w/ the 4 split screens is what really made this film... Full review

I saw it had Salma in it and although it looked strange I thought, 'how bad can it be?'. Well, it was bad. No, not just bad. It was *by far* the worst movie I've ever seen. I should sue for... Full review

I LOVE SALMA HAYEK'S ACTING SHE WAS GREAT AND DAVID WAS OK TOO. MIA MAESTRO IS DOING REALLY GOOD IN HOLLYWOOD SO I'M PROUD FOR ALL THE LATINAS IN HOLLYWOOD. (but not for JLO she sux)... Full review

Thought it was totally amazing, Julian Sands the tour guide should've gotten a more important part ,but hey at least he's doing something that he loves right? Mike Figgis, original, great, and most thankful for choosing Julian Sands to be in... Full review

I could not follow this movie from the word go. there is no direction what so ever!!!!!! I kept watching it thinking that maybe it would change but hell no !!!... Full review

I saw this movie, thought it was good.. I had no clue what it was, but just went in there with a few friends because i was bored.. I thought it was twisted, and a bit errie.. But i got in... Full review

What a waste of time! The movie was horrible that I couldn't believe I wanted to watch it in the first place.... Full review

Most just like good fun music without all the hype. with one song being played on the radio for a few weeks........BAD idea. ... Full Review

But to his credit, Mike Figgis seems like a sincere and passionate filmmaker, so right here is where I find myself respecting the guy --....Salma Hayek the obnoxious filmmaker hoping to document the production.....this sort of stuff is brilliant, insightful cinema that could never hope to crack through my ignorant, heathen skull.....pretend that playtime equals cinema.....Actually, the footage of the making of the movie is infinitely more entertaining than the movie itself..... ... Full Review

If 20 percent of the fun these people had making "Hotel" leaks through to the audience, that's pretty good. On the other hand, if you're ready to roll with "Hotel" and take what it gives you, there's some rich entertainment here. ... Full Review

Much of Hotel is indulgent and messy.....Figgis embraces developing digital technology with evident fervour, using the split screen employed in Timecode....Review Mike Figgis' preference to make low budget films on digital video has been greeted with as much derision as applause.....While the lengthy cast list is remarkable, some actors are thrown in front of the camera without much to do..... ... Full Review

Here's a strange case. " Hotel " is a movie that works in no conventional sense, and succeeds in several unconventional ones. Most audiences will find it baffling and unsatisfactory. ... Full Article

Following up on his innovative work Timecode, which featured four stories being told in real time simultaneously, Mike Figgis returns to a modified form of his technique in this film about the tourists, the prostitutes, the tour guides, a killer,... ... Full Article

CANNES, France -- There are no taxis to be had in the whole of Cannes. The hotel clerk, she throws up her hands in despair. ... Full Article

Time for Mike Figgis second experiment with the cinematic possibilities of digital video.Since developing the Timecode split-screen gimmick (used sporadically here), hes discovered the effects button on his Sony PD100 camera, and thumbs it relentlessly. ... Full Article

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright 2005 Filmcritic.com I like Mike Figgis Hotel a lot... as a person, I mean. Frankly, I haven't been able to make any sense of his movies since is probably his least accessible... ... Full Article