Domino (2005) Critic Reviews
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It's fractured and maddening, but it's alive.Read the full review
A lollapalooza of delectable cheap thrills.Read the full review
The movie is full of possibilities. Frustratingly, only a few of them are realized.Read the full review
Thanks to dynamic performances by Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez and a strong cast -- sometimes all but buried beneath irksome stylistic flourishes -- this dark and absurd melodrama certainly has raw energy.Read the full review
Yes, the film is interesting, but it doesn't work.Read the full review
It's like a ferret on crystal meth that belatedly discovers ecstasy, and it's a tiresome trip either way.Read the full review
So over-plotted that it's borderline incomprehensible.Read the full review
Satisfying neither as character study nor as straight-ahead actioner.Read the full review
You can't accuse this film of bogging down in cheap psychology, yet you come out dissatisfied and without a clue about what made this person tick.Read the full review
Domino de-emphasizes the human element--not to mention such niceties as plot and clarity--to such a degree that only those who show up purely to watch combustibles go "boom" won't feel insulted.Read the full review