The Salton Sea

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

It contains one element of startling originality: its bad guy, nicknamed Pooh-Bear and played by Vincent D'Onofrio in a great weird demented giggle of a performance; imagine a Batman villain cycled through the hallucinations of "Requiem for a Dream."Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

A twisty, showy, atmosphere-saturated drama that revels (in a post-post-Tarantino-and-''Trainspotting'' way) in sadism and in-your-face seediness -- and attracts a cast of coolios primed to play extreme.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Unlike in many thrillers, the movie doesn't sandbag us with one last, cheap twist at the end. The Salton Sea contains its share of surprises, but none of them feels forced or artificial.Read the full review

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