Spider

I do not know if i liked this movie or not. The acting was very bland. I had a lot of patience watching this movie. However, the ending confused me. The direction was mediocore at best.... Full review

Spider is one of those strange films with strange stuff from Goremeister David Cronenberg. However, he could do a lot better than this. The story is totally confusing. I mean I could barely figure anything out in this mess. The entire... Full review

Excellent acting by Ralph Fiennes. I was half wondering what was going on but the ending explains it all (very good ending by the way---didnt saw it coming). It moves slowly but in that case it is not a problem since... Full review

Spider, is an interesting movie. I'm still a little confused about what happened, and I was disappointed that Ralph Fiennes didn't say very much. But the way he acted really fit his character. Overall this movie was pretty godd.... Full review

their consultant psychiatrist must be very wise and brilliant,learned a lot about this magical world,fhinnes must be the next PSYCHO,this housing system may have some defects as we didn't see the nurse and the social worker where must be emloyed,the story... Full review

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i disliked the film because it was easy to predict the ending.i expected a new cronenberg film and i saw junior S.Freuds achievenent with a camera.david next time i know yoo will do better.... Full review

Ralph fiennes could not save this movie from being a dreadfully slow and boring movie. Spider is a movie that will put you asleep within 15 minutes. Watching paint dry is more entertaining.... Full review

I like Ralph Fiennes in any movie, so that is why I watched it, but the story is just sad and depressing. Ralph Fiennes plays the character very well, but I can't help but think of him as the psychotic Nazy... Full review

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Spider" is, by a wide margin, Mr. Cronenberg's most austere movie: a low-key working-class tragedy whose action takes place in beyond-bleak English industrial neighborhoods, and whose protagonist's behavior consists almost entirely of staring, muttering and shuffling his feet. ... Full Review

A disturbing and fascinating character study, Spider is an extraordinarily subtle film that masterfully explores the crevices of a distorted mind. It's a solitary performance with very little interaction between the other characters, yet remains strongly connected to us. ... Full Review

Spider [Special Edition] DVD/APPROX. 98 Many critics have cited "Spider" as Cronenberg´s best directorial effort. Spider," at the most superficial level, is a troubled man´s search for his history. ... Full Review

Its a striking illustration of Spiders desperate flailing about, baleful and precise. He says that the rest of the filmin which Spider appears quite alone, in streets or cafswas not intentional. ... Full Review

It would take an act of God for another film to come along and surpass the sheer brilliance of this one. Where other actors would choose to "play crazy" and chew scenery, Fiennes chooses to pull himself inward. ... Full Review

Feb 21st 2009 12:18AM If you want to talk Cronenberg snubs, I think Spider deserves a mention. Maybe the critics didn't salivate over it quite like they did over A History of Violence, but Spider is a brilliant, largely overlooked... ... Full Article

After a long delay, I shall now continue my series of highlighting hidden cinematic gems which deserved to be seen by more people. In a sea of Hollywood hype, more often than not films are often underseen and underappreciated. ... Full Article

It's all well and good for a film to try and get inside a character's head. When that character is as nuts as Ralph Fiennes' in Spider, however, maybe he was better left alone. ... Full Article

The first time we see Spider (Ralph Fiennes), we know immediately there's something not quite right with him.When he steps off the train, he's not a part of the society around him. ... Full Article

The 4th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in South Korea wrapped on Sunday with Iranian director Nasser Refaie winning the top award in the Asian NewComers section with his film Exam . ... Full Article

"Africa-now there's a dark continent for you," declares an elderly British chap near the beginning of David Cronenberg's Spider . It's the best line in the movie, although the linguistic competition is hardly formidable: the title character (Ralph Fiennes) communicates... ... Full Article