Hotel

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OscarÂ(r) nominee* Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) delivers a deliciously disturbing, erotically charged thriller fueled by standout performances from his all-star cast: Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Rhys Ifans, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds and David Schwimmer!A slick Hollywood film crew has just descended upon a mysterious, crumbling Venetian hotel to create a cinematic masterpiece. But, unbeknownst to them, there are malevolent forces at work in the hotel, and soon the production is beset by a series of strange incidents, dragging the guests on a terrifying journey into the dark catacombs of desire, madness and death!*1995: Director and Adapted Screenplay, Leaving Las Vegas

One of the most bizarre things about this film is the all star cast. How could they appear in this movie? It is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. I am embarrassed for them. This move is not thrilling, not engaging, not entertaining. Boring. Imbecilic. This film is about as appealing as dog-do on my shoe. The jacket description is totally misleading. Thank God I got this one in the bargain box. $4.00 is still too much to pay for this. I pity anyone who has purchased this at Amazon's current price.


We cannot get into watching this movie. it is to convoluted to keep up with. Should have a negative rating system for this one.


heh...the words on the jacket: "a deliciously disturbing and erotically charged thriller"... are rather shameless hyperbole.

Instead, this film is remarkable for one thing alone: how the director squanders acting talent and beauty (Salma Hayek, Chiara Mastroianni, Ornella Muti, Lucy Liu!), financial resources, and the luminous backdrop of Venice to produce a film that is not even a flop but rather resembles an uncut first year film student's independent project... a very average project, that is.

The words that come to mind are 'breathless', 'pretentious' and 'incompetent'. Generally, the designation "art film" means that the director is unable to focus or use a script and needs to resort to gimmickry. this certainly is true for the Hotel. The 'macabre' we see is simply an excuse for Figgis' lack of imagination; the exquisite Dutchess of Malfi text is abused rather than used. The two good scenes (with John Malkovich, in the beginning; the flamenco scene in the middle) are never developed.

My basic issue with the film is that it is basically soul-less.

This is not due to Figgis' incompetence alone. The film should never have been produced.

Come to think of it, The Hotel should be required viewing for film students, a lesson in how great actors and a lot of money are not enough to make a good flick. There is something else.


This movie is simply one of the best films I've ever seen in my life. Yes, it is unconventional but not in some far out, puzzling way like Peter Greenaway's films. Every moment made perfect sense. It is incredibly erotic, funny, and fascinating. It moves like a poem, and I found myself rewinding several times just to watch a scene again and catch the phrasing. This is not Legally Blonde. Your brain will be engaged. Highlights are Salma Hayek's adorably bad singing, Rhys iffans acting like the director from hell, and the absolutely luminous acting of Saffron Burrow's who in my opinion is one of the finest and most underated actresses working today. If you are ever looking for a good film, just look at her filmography -- she has chosen very excellent and difficult films.


I saw this film in the theater when it came out. When the DVD came out I was one of the first to get a copy. It's not an easy film to grasp, being a DOGMA type of film, but try watching it with the subtitles on soo that you catch all the dialogue, and then it will make more sense to you. I give it 5 stars.


The "Special Features" section said this movie had no script. That explains but doesn't excuse it.


Talk about a waste of money, I'm still mad that I wasted $4.19 to rent this theme-bloated, overcooked/overthought, forgetful disaster of a flick. Sure it has the cast-names to fatten up the dvd jacket, sure it's got the critics' quotes, sure it claims to be an "erotically charged thriller", but caveat emptor: "it ain't all that" -not by any stretch of imagination. If you're looking for entertainment, here's a better idea: take 4 random books of fiction, toss them in a shredder, take the shreddings and drop 'em in a blender, turn mixing speed to 'high', empty out and glue back together in any order you choose; guarantee you'll have more fun.


I tried and tried, but never got passed the first 10 or 15 minutes of this film, could not take it, had to turn it off every time, movie theaters and video stores should refound the fee when the film is this bad.


The description on the movie jacket is totally misleading. It is not thrilling and it is not terrifying. The only scene of Venice you will see is St. Mark's Square. All-star cast? Yup, and I suppose they made the best of it, but then if I was paid big bucks to spend some time in Venice I would too... A horrible movie! A waste of 1hr. 51minutes.


Mike Figgis makes a supersized attempt to be artsy in this meandering film. The problem is that the story is so flat because there is no one about whom we can care. After the first confusing messy thirty minutes (John Malkovich sitting behind prison bars at a dinner table for no apparent reason other than to offer insipid dialogue to an uncaring dinner guest list), I decided to just look at the screen for the color and the wild camera work. Venice looks great but the stodgy staging of 'The Duchess of Malfi' and the weak plot associated with it doesn't even begin to cover the creaks in this silly film. This one is only for the Figgis fans out there - and for Venice addicts who will put up with about anything to just 'feel' the Venetian glow. A Must Miss. Grady Harp, August 05

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About Hotel detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21096 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2005-07-26
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French, Italian
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 93 minutes

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