Still too self-referential, too hermetic and too glacial to offer much enjoyment beyond the gorgeous monochrome visuals.
Keyhole
I'm only a ghost...but a ghost isn't nothing
2011 · 1h 33m · R
Crime, Drama, Horror
Directed by
Guy Maddin
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Keyhole
Overview
Gangster and deadbeat dad, Ulysses Pick, embarks on an unusual journey through his home.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
Patric's performance is a deadpan treat. His can-do, take-charge character is in continual zany contrast to his surreal surroundings.
'Keyhole" is the first Guy Maddin movie that feels as if it got only halfway out of the director's head and onto the screen.
Funny enough to be disarming even when it's spinning its wheels thematically.
A Maddin film has a disturbing way of always seeming to exist in the present, like a dream. You know what happened and you even know what will happen, but you also see it all shifting and changing.
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