Exotica
(1995)
The mysterious, monotonous world of a Toronto strip club is explored in
this mysterious, monotonous movie from Canadian director Atom Egoyan
(FAMILY VIEWING, THE ADJUSTER). The layers of the story are peeled away
every-so-slowly, as the film discreetly expands upon the relationships
between a patron, a dancer, and a deejay. The mystery-- and the promise
of a payoff-- is good for about an hour, after which point the evidence
begins to mount that there's really nothing waiting at the center.
This onion's hollow.
Grade: C+
Copyright 1995 Michael J. Legeros
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