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Amateur DVD Review

13 May 2013 1:05 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Director: Hal Hartley

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lowensohn, Damian Young

Running Time: 104 Minutes

Certificate: 18

Amateur is a 1994 crime thriller by writer/director Hal Hartley. The mid-90s were a time when cinema was oozing cool crime flicks thanks to filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and crime writers such as Elmore Leonard therefore it would be easy for a film to simply fall between the cracks and become just another forgotten genre entry. There’s no such concern for Amateur, but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

The main thrust of the plot sees a man (Donovan) awaken on a city street with no memory of who he is. He is soon taken in by an ex-nun (Huppert) who now writes erotica for magazines. Right away this story seems to be quirky and familiar enough to take us on an enjoyable and unexpected journey. Unfortunately Hartley has other ideas. »

- Luke Ryan Baldock

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