The Dancer Upstairs

This movie has such a dark and serious tone that it's difficult to see through the bleakness of the weather. First of all, there is this tense man who does a superb job in performing his duties in his professional job... Full review

This movie has such a dark and serious tone that it's difficult to see through the bleakness of the weather. First of all, there is this tense man who does a superb job in performing his duties in his professional job... Full review

Action thriller: gripping visuals, sound track, subtle turns and twists, and a good detective story to boot. Rank it with "Z" "Enemy of the State"... Full review

Una buena idea, pero muy mal ejecutada, por un John Malkovich, que estuvo detrás de las cámaras por primera vez, la historia está inspirada en la captura de Abimael Guzmán líder de Sendero Luminoso, grupo terrorista que sembrara el caos en... Full review

Una buena idea, pero muy mal ejecutada, por un John Malkovich, que estuvo detr... Full review

I liked this movie, but it was the kind of movie that really kind of stays in your head long after you've seen it. Partly it's because you are trying to figure out what's going on, and to understand the relationships... Full review

Worthy of viewing several times to fully understand all the different things going on. The DVD helps with director and actor comments, but the brilliance is there if one looks. I love the work of some of the minor part actors..the... Full review

In a small town in Latin Amer.(Peru),strange omens are occuring and point to a political uprising by a pseudo-leader known only as Esquivel.Meanwhile life continues on for the populace of the town as military and detective crew scout about for the... Full review

This movie, the first and so far only one by the self-dubbed "Evil Bastard" is quite an eye-opener into John Malkovich's life. It is easy to tell from the direction and style of the movie that John has put quite alot... Full review

This movie is based on real-life events surrounding a terrorist group in Latin America. Javier Bardem plays a lawyer turned cop (Rejas) who investigates a terrorist group headed by the leader Ezechiel which is terrorizing the Latin American village. Rejas is... Full review

The cinematography had been exemplary up to this point Director John Malkovich does show Rejas bathing in a country stream nude in an earlier segment and the photography is very clear. depicting every scene clearly though darkly lit ... Full Review

The Dancer Upstairs , like its painstakingly self-reflective protagonist (flawlessly portrayed by the amazing Bardem), refuses to pull its many threads all together, to name its outcome or claim explicit triumph. More interested in the process leading to an act than the act, it is smart, absorbing, and meticulous. ... Full Review

The Dancer Upstairs , like its painstakingly self-reflective protagonist (flawlessly portrayed by the incredible Bardem), refuses to pull its many threads all together, to name its outcome or claim explicit triumph. But such hyperbole also loses sight of how violence does its work, after the blasting and perfectly synced soundtrack. ... Full Review

However, Shakespeare's own explanations of these incidents in the DVD's accompanying documentary are more compelling than the movie itself.....Fact is, the movie is indeed slow and meanders a lot.....But Malkovich and Shakespeare seem content to linger over minor things, possibly to let the audience absorb them better....to the detriment of the movie's tempo.....Of course, one could, I suppose, blame the writer as much as the director for this misstep..... ... Full Review

The Dancer Upstairs works brilliantly Perhaps so, but his acting has always had passion, something The Dancer Upstairs significantly lacks. ... Full Review

As I was prodding along at my usual workstation in the paper, I took a look at the paper's entertainment magazine that was inserted inside every Friday. ... Full Article

Century Fox is one of the main players on the local distribution front. Fox are responsible principally for bringing in titles from their parent company in the states, and tend to take the big push when it comes to media... ... Full Article

Menace and John Malkovich go together. Mannerisms and Malkovich also go together, but that's another story - one starring the actor. This one centres on the director. ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight John Malkovich's directorial debut, The Dancer Upstairs , is a political melodrama set in an unnamed Latin American country during "the recent past." ... Full Article