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Led by strong work from Danny Huston, Ivans XTC honors its source material with a Hollywood-set drama that's tough to watch but not without its rewards.
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Danny Huston gives the performance of a lifetime in a raw and emotional tale of one mans final days. Starting with the end, the film tracks the background to the final days. Takes some sticking with at times, and not all the characters are likeable, but this film is very original and unforgettable.
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01/27/23
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fascinating
4 11 2012
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02/24/23
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The underside of the film industry has never been so compelling. Danny Houston's best performance.
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02/17/23
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A deeply upsetting, frenetic tale of drugs, sex and death. Bernard Rose directs the digital visuals beautifully and Huston, in front of the camera as the hedonistic, sprawling Ivan, is utterly superb.
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01/26/23
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Years after falling in love with this at the time, a revisit still packs an incredible punch. Were it not for the low budget, this would be remembered as an essential view all time great. Incredible script, thanks to Tolstoy, stunning acting - Danny Hudson is awesome, just huge as Ivan Beckmann the mega agent, drug fuelled, cancer riddled walking dead man - Ari Gold in an even more brutal world. Tough sledding but worth it, the dog struggles to hit it's marks but otherwise perfect - Leaving Las Vegas meets the Sweet Smell of Success. Renching and compelling. Brilliant.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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i can see what they wanted to do, but i'm afraid it doesn't work. i'm not even going into whether it's faithful to tolstoy's novel or not. the camerawork and sound quality are really appalling. incredibly amateurish. it really looks like a home video. the story itself is alright, but just that. not worth watching.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/02/23
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Empire Magazine
Rated: 3/5
Dec 30, 2006
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Tom Sime
Dallas Morning News
A triumph, relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness.
Rated: B
Oct 17, 2002
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Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
A committed, intelligent and fascinating piece of work with no irony about it.
Rated: 4/4
Aug 16, 2002
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Eddie Harrison
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...a film that's notably fearless in conception, and huge in meaning...
Rated: 4/5
Feb 17, 2021
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Kevin Wight
The Wee Review
Death is raw, merciless and sad to witness, no matter for whom it comes. There are few films that understand that simple concept better than Ivansxtc.
Rated: 4
Sep 25, 2020
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David Ehrenstein
New Times
Shot on High Definition video, this exceptionally well-made but exceedingly bleak peek at tinseltown would be unbearable were it not for the sympathetic performance of Danny Huston...
Oct 3, 2017
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