Dark Matter

  • 2008


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Average Rating 2.7/5
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2.2
But either way, Liu Ye is too inexpressive for his roles demands, and the movie doesnt build to his downfall: It just zaps itself there. EW
4.5
It doesnt dolefully intone about the would haves and should haves of Liu Xings situation, and when the inevitable occurs, it treats it as such and not .. Indie Wire
1.5
The result is a middling academic drama that passes pleasantly enough for roughly an hour before detouring into a tacked on tragic climax. Variety
1.9
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
2.0
There is no need for a scene in which your hero loses touch with reality via cockeyed camera trickery and thumping techno music.
1.3
The intellectual dishonesty of Mings modest thesis proposal horrifies Xing. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Director Chen Shi Zhengs film has a graceful energy, and three strong performances help make this serene drama and its shocking conclusion quietly mov .. Ny Daily News
3.8
Written by Billy Shebar and directed by opera director Chen Shi Zheng, this visually sophisticated film has been criticized for turning a deeply distu .. Tv Guide
2.8
Liu doesnt get this American subtlety and it proves his downfall.
1.5
Dont be fooled by the presence of Meryl Streep in the cast. This glum, inert psychological drama features little of her presence and could have used m .. Cs Monitor
2.5
Theres little in Billy Shebars script, the rambling direction by theater and opera helmer Chen Shi Zheng or Liu Yes impassive performance as the stude .. New York Post
1.5
Dark Matter is certainly interesting, and easy to sit through, but not as compelling as it wants to be. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Dark Matter is the lite version, and thats doing no one any favors. Boston
2.8
There are so few films about higher education (and fewer intelligent ones) that its a shame that what begins as a poignant probe of academic politics, .. Emanuellevy
1.5
Its an inelegant experiment that captures many intriguing moments as they pass, but ends up utterly baffled by the question of how its delightful cent .. Salon
1.5
Even Streep seems lost and shes barely in it, so dont be tricked into thinking shes a reason to buy a ticket. Movies
2.0
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u .. Calendar Live
2.5
A seriously misguided effort in attempting to explore what might lead a normally quiet and intelligent university student to lose control and go on a ..
3.5
While imperfect, the high caliber of acting as well as these lucid moments in the earlier part of the film are strong and memorable highlights with wh .. Boxoffice Magazine
3.5
FINAL THOUGHTS Dark Matter isnt a perfect film by any means, but I admired its imagination and the weight provided by the performances. Dvd Talk
4.5
First time director Chen Shi Zheng shows great sensitivity to the pressure and isolation felt by Chinese brains at American universities, and the rela .. Chicago Reader
1.5
Director Chen Shi Zheng is inconsistent from one scene to the next, alternating clichs with convincing, specific details. The film never quite earns i .. Ny Mag
3.5
Poignantly and sympathetically gets inside the confused head of an Asian immigrant rarely seen in film, a grad student flummoxed by American culture a .. Film Forward
2.5
You could charge Streep with stealing the movie but theres not much to take. Metromix.com
3.8
The film does a fine job of displaying the contrasts between these tense, formalized Chinese students and the faux populist American academics. Metromix.com
4.5
Meryl Streep guest stars on a special episode of Sunrise Earth, doing Method Tai Chi while heavenly chorines, chanting in Hollywood Sanskrit, bemoan t .. House Next Door
1.9
Xing is surprised to discover Western academics are just as ruthless as communist apparatchiks and, ill equipped emotionally to handle humiliation, he .. Archives Star Bulle



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