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Careful

  • 19921992
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
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7.0/10
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Careful (1992)
ComedyDramaRomance
The wary residents of a 19th century mountain village must tread carefully and speak softly lest they cause an avalanche. Sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incest... Read allThe wary residents of a 19th century mountain village must tread carefully and speak softly lest they cause an avalanche. Sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incestuous love triangles with deadly consequences.The wary residents of a 19th century mountain village must tread carefully and speak softly lest they cause an avalanche. Sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incestuous love triangles with deadly consequences.
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    • Guy Maddin
    • Guy Maddin(screenplay)
    • George Toles(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kyle McCulloch
    • Gosia Dobrowolska
    • Sarah Neville
    • Guy Maddin
    • Guy Maddin(screenplay)
    • George Toles(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kyle McCulloch
    • Gosia Dobrowolska
    • Sarah Neville
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    Kyle McCulloch
    • Grigorss
    Gosia Dobrowolska
    Gosia Dobrowolska
    • Zenaida
    Sarah Neville
    • Klara
    Brent Neale
    • Johann
    Paul Cox
    Paul Cox
    • Count Knotgers
    Victor Cowie
    • Herr Trotta
    Michael O'Sullivan
    • Blind Ghost
    Vince Rimmer
    • Franz
    Katya Gardner
    Katya Gardner
    • Sigleinde
    Jackie Burroughs
    Jackie Burroughs
    • Frau Teacher
    Ross McMillan
    • Chief Steward
    Leith Clark
    • Butler Blore
    Glen Hubich
    • Butler Schrammel
    Brendan Carruthers
    • Mortician
    George Toles
    • Countess Knotgers
    Greg Klymkiw
    • Shower Meister
    Kelli Shinfield
    • Gerda the Mountain Girl
    Andrea Von Wichert
    • Townsperson
    • (as Andrea Wichert)
      • Guy Maddin
      • Guy Maddin(screenplay)
      • George Toles(screenplay) (story)
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    • Trivia
      Rebecca Gibson's debut.
    • Quotes

      Grigorss: Oh, Klara, you're a wild one.

      Klara: So are the reindeer when summer is coming.

    • Connections
      Featured in Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997)

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    Would've made a brilliant short film...
    This is the second Guy Maddin film that I've seen (the other being "Twilight of the Ice Nymphs") and in both cases, the films wore out their welcome about half an hour in.

    I enjoy the offbeat style of the humor, the intentional visual stylization patterned after early silent films (this one reminded me particularly of the work of Melies), and I have no problem with the flat acting style (which is an honest homage to early film acting) or the coloring (which, again, is based in films of yesteryear). Where Maddin's films run into trouble is, as soon as the novelty has worn off and the character based introductory jokes have played out, there is simply nothing beneath it all for the film to fall back on.

    The story is actually very simple, yet it is so relentlessly bizarre that it borders on surrealism. So, either there is no deeper meaning to the story, or it's so far buried that it eludes me during the actual viewing of the piece. (Not that one can't come up with various things after the fact; I simply doubt that the director intended them or had any control over them if I can only interpret the vaguest elements of the story.)

    The concept of Oedipal lust and such simply aren't enough to sustain a film of this length. Not in the way that they are handled anyway. The film is absolutely brilliant up until Johann dies. It then withers quickly, as the last real belly laugh comes in the first few minutes of "Part Two." The remaining hour or so limps along to a decent though unsatisfying end.

    Guy Maddin is without doubt a clever and unique director, and I look forward to the day when I can say that I've seen him at his best. But he's far from it in this film in my opinion.

    Endless homages to early films aren't enough to last 100 minutes... And perversity caused by child rearing needs to be handled more cleverly to take up the slack...
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    • Oct 11, 2004

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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1994 (Australia)
      • Canada
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • The Canada Council
      • The Canada Manitoba Cultural Industries Development Office (CIDO)
      • The Greg & Tracy Film Ministry
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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