The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

  • 2016


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$ 0 Million
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Average Rating 2.6/5
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2.5
In other words, this movie cant decide how it wants to look or what it wants to say. Av Club
2.5
Blame blandness, blame Jamie Dornans papier mache exterior, blame tone deaf narration honestly, blame it all because theres a touching story buried un .. We Got This Covered
1.2
Its a shame, because hints of promising ideas are sprinkled throughout. Paste Magazine
3.1
The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a twisty, Hitchcockian thriller mixed with trippy moments of magical realism.And if that doesnt sound on paper like it w .. Rogerebert
3.5
One moment, it is a whimsical tale of an accident prone boy and his brushes with the beyond. IGN
2.0
Its messy and definitely something that will underwhelm the genre fans that look forward to his movies.This one is a curio at best. JoBlo
2.5
The result is an intriguing but uneven thriller that doesnt fully establish the tone and style that would be needed for an audience to accept its supe .. The Globe And Mail
3.8
Fans of French horror auteur Alexandre Aja (High Tension, Piranha 3D, Horns) may be surprised by his latest offering. Philly
2.5
Certainly Minghella and Aja cant expect us to take it as an entirely serious affair. One Guys Opinion
3.5
For much of its running time, Louis Drax manages to walk an impressive tightrope feeding us just enough information to make us suspect that not everyt .. Village Voice
1.9
The story shuffles between dark comedy and clumsy mystery, monster movie and psycho drama, with no character or performance generating a whit of sympa .. Rogers Movie Nation
1.5
Hes landed chills and dark humor in efforts such as High Tension, Piranha 3D, and the recent Horns, but The 9th Life of Louis Drax finds the filmmaker .. Blu Ray
2.0
The film promises a fabulous twist that never comes, and delivers instead some cutesy magical realist touches (lots of interior boy brain stuff) and a .. The Times
4.0
There is lots to take on board before the sinister, slightly surreal whodunnit narrative really gets going and then its delivered with hallucinatory i .. Radio Times
3.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax works as both a childrens movie for adults and a grownup movie for kids, a rare balancing act most young adult fare cant pu .. The Wrap
1.5
None of it really makes much sense, nor is it cohesive stylisticallyit has a low rent feel. Film Journal
4.0
Horror specialist Alexandre Aja (the man behind the bracing nastiness of Haute Tension and the 2006 remake of Wes Cravens The Hills Have Eyes) segues .. The Guardian
3.0
Max Minghellas screenplay adaptation of the novel by Liz Jensen is intelligent and sensitive, negotiating the mystery, suspense and supernatural fanta .. Flim List
2.0
But as pieces come into place, the picture becomes less and less satisfying. Common Sense Media
0.6
Every incident in the film is a time bidding maneuver, completely and unimaginatively untethered from logic. Slant Magazine
1.3
Unfortunately, this films dark premise is drowned in whimsy and a forced childlike wonder. Washington Post
2.5
One thing is certain, however: It sure leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. The New York Times
2.8
Its a good film that might have been great by embracing its inherent terror. The Film Stage
3.5
The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a nicely constructed story that flows smoothly between its drama and its mystery, never bogging down in one or the other .. Reeling Reviews
2.0
By the time director Alexandre Aja brings together the pieces with an illuminating pang of emotion, most viewers confusion will have given way to indi .. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
At the heart of this contorted piece is a painfully solvable mystery about seemingly unsolvable emotions, but because its treated like a shell game in .. Los Angeles Times
3.8
The performances rarely, if ever, go to anything approaching an extreme, and across the board the entire cast is asked to underplay things to a dizzyi .. Movie Freak
1.5
Nine lives is nine too many for The 9th Life of Louis Drax, a muddled, boneheaded, laughable fantasy drama that stumbles from the gate and never finds .. Detroit News
3.0
But thats not to say this genre challenging thriller is lacking in style. Variety
5.0
Its a beautifully poignant adventure adorned with non syrupy sentiment. Hey U Guys
1.0
At the very least, those filmmakers would have given these characters distinct personalities and found a consistent tone for the story. Now Toronto
2.0
Unfortunately it only earns this comparison in effort, rather than execution. Ner Dist
1.9
A dopey psychological thriller that combines elements of The Sixth Sense with an overbearing sentimentality, The 9th Life of Louis Drax flat lines fro .. New York Post
3.0
Then again, Hitchcock, to cite the great master once again, also meant us to experience at the finish, that sense of barely resolved drama, that linge .. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.0
Confusing narrative and tonal shifts suggest Aja is meant for horror only. Lw Lies
3.5
And whats most surprising is that Aja and Minghella maintain the dramatic and emotional tension right to the end, ultimately touching on several major .. Contact Music
4.0
What is real and what is Louis imagination is never made quite clear, and it is that delicious sense of the fantastical that propels the film as its t .. Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
Done in gothic tones evoking the style of Guillermo Del Toro, the fantasy elements are a welcome respite from the sluggish whodunnit and passionless a .. Punch Drunk Critics
1.5
The movie aspires to be semispiritual family fare but sticks to porn level stereotypes; it betrays no deeper knowledge of actual lives, no matter how .. Straight
3.8
Though the star is 12 year old Aiden Longworth as the title character Louis Drax, this is in no way a movie for kids. Shockya
2.0
Longworth is a fine precocious boy thespian, like a fun young Haley Joel Osment. Metro New York
1.5
But its hard to place any of this in time.Eventually, a sort of natural narrative order suggests itself, but its a bumpy road to an uncertain destinat .. The Verge
3.0
Ajas debut is a hugely entertaining and very gory horror, if you can forgive the fact that it makes no sense. Scifi Now
2.0
The result is that Drax feels self important, a movie that thinks its confounding us when really its just kind of boring. Lainey Gossip
1.3
Louis Drax is a disaster. Thats true of the title character, a nine year old boy whose life has been filled with one near fatal accident after another .. National Post
1.3
You may wish for the same fate after a half hour of watching this movie. Heral
3.8
The picture is like an onion. There are layers here, and beneath them more layers. Seattle Times
3.0
Its intriguing, but messy.All in all, Id say The 9th Life of Louis Drax is entertaining and well made enough to recommend seeing its definitely in a c .. At Home In Hollywood
3.0
Theres something boyish in Dornans big blue eyes that dulls the films underlying thriller edge. Ex Press
4.0
The deceptively simple beginning gives way to a powerhouse plot and horrendous ending. Its Just Movies
4.0
The funny thing is that it doesnt detract from the pleasure of this film even a whit. Signature Reads



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