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      Inland Empire

      R Released Dec 6, 2006 2 hr. 59 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      72% 116 Reviews Tomatometer 75% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score Nikki (Laura Dern), an actress, takes on a role in a new film, and because her husband (Peter J. Lucas) is very jealous, her co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) gets a warning not to make any romantic overtures -- especially since the characters they play are having an affair. Both actors learn that the project is a remake of an unfinished film in which the stars were murdered. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 20 Buy Now

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      Typical David Lynch fare: fans of the director will find Inland Empire seductive and deep. All others will consider the heady surrealism impenetrable and pointless.

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      Claude One of the most abstract things I've ever seen. Some remarks from a person who worked on the film: when interviewed at the Venice Film Festival, Laura Dern who is the star of the film admitted that she did not know what Inland Empire was about or the role she was playing, but hoped that seeing the film's premiere at the festival would help her "learn more". Dern also recounted a conversation she had with one of the movie's new producers, Jeremy Alter. He asked if director David Lynch was joking when he requested a one-legged woman, a monkey and a lumberjack by 3:15. By 4 p.m. they were shooting with the requested individuals. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/19/22 Full Review Vincent Very confusing but entertaining. A surreal experience Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/08/22 Full Review Leo P This is the last movie the director genius David Lynch will ever make.So,from the dreamworld back to real world.The real world is the Barbie world.David Lynch could've made a blockbuster like Barbie too,but he preferred not to make any movies at all. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/16/24 Full Review Christopher R David Lynch's underrated Magnum Opus. Mind-bending, ego-shattering, and breathtaking in ambition - this is Lynch at his finest, my favourite from his filmography. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/24 Full Review The Great John A Yeah, uh, what the hell? Inland Empire is a nearly 20 year old film about an actress involved in a project remake after the first attempt had all the cast mysteriously killed. That's the best I can describe this, um... definitely unique but most of the film is psychedelic, nightmare sequences that, while interesting, are most certainly going to stay in your head for a long time. But as a film, it's a work of art filled with really good scenes and it's so engaging that 3 hours passed really fast for me. Very good acting too but I think this a film better left discovered because it does really hold it's artistic merit in modern day. But overall, David Lynch's final outing is definitely a one that won't be forgotten any time soon thanks to the barrage of senses created by a film of a very high standard. Grade: A Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/18/24 Full Review CKB The most striking thing about this bizarre, tedious exercise is its ugliness; Lynch chose to personally film this with a cheap handheld camcorder, claiming it gave him "more room to dream," but the resulting images are so bad in quality that whatever dreams Lynch had going through his head at the time are visually reduced to everyday YouTube junk fare. It's tough enough to wade through Lynch's succession of static scenes, dwelling pointlessly on Hollywood cliches, without his insulting our visual sensibilities in this way. Maybe Lynch wants to make his viewers more active participants by forcing them to fast-forward through shot after shot as Laura Dern slowly moves around this film that dwells on each detail far too long. Lynch reveals himself to still be the same nice middle-class kid that made Blue Velvet, imagining all those nasty things that go on in the Scary Big World that he would never, of course, engage in personally. He even throws in some Eraserhead-style scenes, reminding us of his tawdry lowbrow surrealist beginnings. Lynch has made no more features since this, suggesting that he saw this project as his goodbye to filmmaking, cataloging his previous themes without adding anything to them. Bye Felicia. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Richard Brody New Yorker Quickly devolves into self-parody. Dern gives a virtuoso performance, albeit in an overwrought, numbing void. Apr 11, 2022 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 5/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Jim Emerson RogerEbert.com Inland Empire opens and contracts in your imagination while you watch it -- and you're still watching it well after it's left the screen. It's a long but thoroughly absorbing three hours. Rated: 4/4 May 25, 2007 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez Loud and Clear Reviews A newly remastered version of David Lynch ’s most experimental and hallucinatory work, Inland Empire – a story about a “woman in trouble”. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 24, 2024 Full Review May Leitz Nyx Fears Lynch's movie asks us to interpret it as if it were a dream, instead of looking at them through a literal lens. Oct 5, 2023 Full Review Michael Barrett PopMatters Now that we’re awash in time loops and other realities, filmgoers are primed for three hours of David Lynch’s reality and identity-questioning film, Inland Empire. Aug 7, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Nikki (Laura Dern), an actress, takes on a role in a new film, and because her husband (Peter J. Lucas) is very jealous, her co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) gets a warning not to make any romantic overtures -- especially since the characters they play are having an affair. Both actors learn that the project is a remake of an unfinished film in which the stars were murdered.
      Director
      David Lynch
      Executive Producer
      Marek Zydowicz
      Screenwriter
      David Lynch
      Distributor
      Absurda
      Production Co
      Asymmetrical Productions, Camerimage 2, Inland Empire Productions
      Rating
      R (Some Violence|Sexuality/Nudity|Language)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 6, 2006, Limited
      Rerelease Date (Theaters)
      Apr 8, 2022
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 14, 2007
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital
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