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Turistas 
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Starring: |
Josh Duhamel, Melissa George,
Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew,
Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Polly
Brown, Raul Guterres, Andréa
Leal, Gustav Roth |
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Directed by: |
John
Stockwell |
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Produced by: |
Marc Butan,
Scott Steindorff, John Stockwell,
Bo Zenga, Todd Wagner, Mark
Cuban, Rick Dallago, Elaine
Dysinger |
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Written by: |
Michael
Ross |
| Genre: |
Horror,
Thriller |
| MPAA
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R |
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Runtime: |
94 minutes
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Release date: |
Dec 1, 2006 |
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Travelers are in the
midst of enjoying a dream vacation along the
Brazilian coast. Joining a party of revelers on
the beach, the friends are drugged and awake to
find themselves robbed of money, credit cards
and passports. Led to a home in the jungle where
they are told they will be safe, the friends
instead discover a potentially fatal secret.
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Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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Source |
Brief
Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"One female
loses her bikini top in Rio. Then comes
this horror movie's slicing and dicing.
What else you need to know?"
more... |
B- |
Boston
Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...more
splash than slash."
more... |
B- |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Cinematographer Enrique Chediak brings
the light down so low here you wonder if
someone forgot to pay the bill for the
projection booth."
more... |
C- |
E!
Online
Alex Markerson |
"...overpromises
and underdelivers..."
more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...quickly
turns into a very dull escape thriller."
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C- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"...comes
up short on horror and thrills."
more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...it all
begins to fall apart around the midway
point, before completely unraveling into
a confused, murky mess."
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D+ |
New York
Post
Kyle Smith |
"...concludes with nearly half an hour
of footage so dank that it looks like it
was filmed through a blindfold smeared
with shoe polish."
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C- |
New York
Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...lethally dull..."
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D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...starts
out as an effective little horror movie
before devolving into an incoherent mess
during its final 30 minutes."
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C |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Turistas
represents the first screenwriting
effort by Michael Ross, who should stop
now."
more... |
D+ |
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