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NUMBERS
Box Office: $145,177
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CONSENSUS
The plot gimmick is original, bolstered by stylishly intriguing setpieces.
CAST & CREW
Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Antonio Perez Dechent
Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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SYNOPSIS
With INTACTO, from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, a group of people who have "the gift" of being extremely lucky play into a suspenseful world of gambling and superstition. more...
MPAA RATING
R, language, some violence, and brief nudity
RUNTIME
1 hour, 49 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Dec 13, 2002
Video: Jun 24, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Lions Gate Films
GENRE
Foreign Films, Spanish, Thriller, Desert, Gambling, Games
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Intacto Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
PRODUCTION NOTES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "An infuriating film. Just when you think you are making sense of it, something happens that tells you there is no sense."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
 "Saved by Fresnadillo's visual virtuosity."
-- Chris Wiegand, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"The movie doesn't generate a lot of energy. It is dark, brooding and slow, and takes its central idea way too seriously."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"...a detour into weirdsville."
-- Jeff Vorndam, ABOUTFILM.COM
"A provocative thriller filmed with unique visual flair. Bravo!"
-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
"Like a sprinter competing in his first distance race: It bursts forth with tremendous energy, sustains itself for quite a while, loses steam near the end but finishes ahead of most of the pack."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"Weirdly logical and a mind-bending lark to watch."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"A suspense thriller with a brain and a heart."
-- Steve Schneider, ORLANDO WEEKLY
"So fiendishly cunning that even the most jaded cinema audiences will leave the auditorium feeling dizzy, confused, and totally disorientated. Not to mention absolutely refreshed."
-- Jamie Russell, BBCI FILMS
"Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces."
-- Rene Rodriguez, MIAMI HERALD
"Apuestas fuertes para el futuro del director, y apuestas bien fundadas, pues la suerte ya la tiene, y la cinta lo comprueba...."
-- Alex Ramirez, CINENGANOS
"Writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured."
-- Mark Olsen, L.A. WEEKLY
"It's a nicely detailed world of pawns, bishops and kings, of wagers in dingy backrooms or pristine forests."
-- Roger Moore, ORLANDO SENTINEL
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"The film's major concept ... is a bit gimmicky, but the film has well-developed characters and style to spare."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"A fascinating, dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction."
-- Derek Tse, JAM! MOVIES
"A very stylish but ultimately extremely silly tale...a slick piece of nonsense but nothing more."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"I got a headache watching this meaningless downer."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"Intriguing and stylish."
-- Marc Savlov, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"This is a fragmented film, once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie."
-- Craig Roush, KINNOPIO'S MOVIE REVIEWS
"An enigmatic film that's too clever for its own good, it's a conundrum not worth solving."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"A very bizarre blend of Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, Unbreakable and Croupier."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Well-acted, well-directed and, for all its moodiness, not too pretentious."
-- Kim Morgan, OREGONIAN
"A genuine mind-bender."
-- Tim Merrill, FILM THREAT
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FRESH 60%
Avg. Rating: 6.2/10 |
"A sharp brainteaser of a film, a compelling mind game you compulsively play along with."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"It is von Sydow who gives Intacto its gravity, resonance, soul."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"Far-fetched premise, convoluted plot, and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love."
-- Ted Shen, CHICAGO READER
"Thought-provoking and stylish, if also somewhat hermetic."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"Sleek and arty."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The movie is ingenious fun. See it."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people's lives cross and change, buffeted by events seemingly out of their control, is intriguing, provocative stuff."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"The casting of von Sydow ... is itself Intacto's luckiest stroke."
-- Geoff Pevere, TORONTO STAR
"Viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who's who in this pretentious mess."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
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"The setting is so cool that it chills the characters, reducing our emotional stake in the outcome of "Intacto's" dangerous and seductively stylish game."
-- Sean Means, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Intacto" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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