Bille August's film is a protracted, soporific trip into Portuguese history that would like to be a romantic thriller.
Night Train to Lisbon
Germany, Switzerland, Portugal · 2013
Rated R · 1h 51m
Director Bille August
Starring Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck
Genre Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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When Raimund, a reserved professor in Bern, saves a woman from committing suicide, this sets off a chain of events that will change his life forever. When she disappears, she leaves behind a book that leads Raimund to Lisbon, where he discovers the origins of its author and his extraordinary story.
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What are critics saying?
Gentle has its charms, and August's vision of the world, archaic though it may willingly be, is appealingly urbane .
New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme
It’s all terribly talky and low-energy; that wonderful noirish title, it turns out, was just a front for a history lecture.
Bloodless, far too genteel, and perfectly content to continually tell where a little showing would be nice; Night Train to Lisbon ends up a deeply unadventurous adventure story.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Murder on the Orient Express, this ain’t.
Take the last train to anywhere but here.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
An old fashioned romantic mystery that benefits from a wizened, much-honored cast and a still-exotic setting.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
After barely stirring to life, Night Train to Lisbon mercifully expires.
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