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Exotica

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Canada · 1994
Rated R · 1h 44m
Director Atom Egoyan
Starring Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Don McKellar
Genre Drama, Erotic, Mystery

Tax auditor Francis becomes obsessed with Christina, a dancer at Toronto strip club Exotica. Eric, her ex-boyfriend, is jealous of the attention she gets, but has his own relationship problems with club owner Zoe. This erotic thriller gradually uncovers each characters’ complex and traumatic past — and how they’re all connected to each other…

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A great thriller filled with intrigue, sensuality, and disturbing but beautiful imagery.

What are critics saying?

75

San Francisco Examiner by

Exotica is a worthy addition to an increasingly rich body of work by one of our most prolific and accomplished international filmmakers.

70

The New York Times by Caryn James

Exotica may not be as perfectly formed as some of Mr. Egoyan's earlier work. Because Thomas's subplot is not as intriguing as the scenes in the club, the stories take too long to merge. But the flaws are minor. Mr. Egoyan continues to build an important, uncompromising career.

40

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

At its worst, which ends up being most of the time, the movie traps us in art-house pretentiousness, as we're obliged to follow the yearnings and abstract corruptions of the urban zestless.

100

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Egoyan has taken a seemingly-simple story and woven it into a near-masterpiece, creating images and an atmosphere that establish the perfect backdrop for a tale of loss, grief, and eroticism.

78

Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

Egoyan's greatest strength as a filmmaker may be his ability to create and sustain particular moods and atmospheres. In that sense, Exotica lives up to its name.

50

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

The picture gives the impression of a director in control of his vision, making precisely the film he intends to make. But the vision is a distinctly idiosyncratic one that will appeal only to certain tastes.

80

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Egoyan is an acquired taste, but once in, you’re hooked. Exotica is Egoyan’s most accomplished and seductive film to date — even tackling acute psychic distress, Egoyan’s deadpan comic eye never flinches.

100

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Exotica is a movie labyrinth, winding seductively into the darkest secrets of a group of people who should have no connection with one another, but do.

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