Twin Falls Idaho | | Cast : | Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Michele Hicks | | Director : | Michael Polish | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | January 01, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | January 18, 2000 | | Language : | French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | December 17, 2003 | | Summary | Quiet and Beautiful | Content
 | Since watching this movie almost a week ago, I can think of little else. I am spellbound by it. I watched it a second time the next day. If you are considering watching or purchasing this DVD, here's what you need to know: The movie is beautifully artisitic, without being inaccesible. The acting is superb, the dialogue enchanting, and the humor in this serious movie is gentle. The pace is slow, dreamlike, exploratory. There is no big to-do to cheapen the end. Instead there is a feeling of "this is just a piece of life, it began before you started watching, and it will keep going after you get off your couch" Its like watching someone very intriguing in the airport, overhearing a whispered argument or a whispered profession of love, and having your flight called before you can hear how it ends. If you like action and tidy endings, this is not your film. But if you like dreamy glimpses at the way others might live, this movie will keep you awake for a week thinking of nothing else. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 17, 2003 | | Summary | Shamelessly cool | Content
| While in some ways an interesting look at a subject that has not been explored much (at all?) in film, this is one of the worst movies I have seen in a while. The script, direction, acting and cinematography are self-conscious to the point of being over-the-top. There are numerous scenes where you could say "ah I see that's supposed to symbolise THAT" - there is nothing subtle about Twin Falls Idaho, regardless of its slow pace. Everything is delivered to us with a film-school handbook about metaphors and mood lighting. People have compared the Polish brothers to David Lynch and other directors of his style. Unlike David Lynch's films, this one leaves NOTHING to the imagination. It just looks like it does. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2003 | | Summary | Hypnotic film will have you glued to your DVD player | Content
| Penny is a prostitute and twin brothers Blake and Francis are a couple of her tricks. The only hitch in the connection is that the brothers are conjoined twins. Penny is initially repelled, but then is drawn back into their world. She plays healer and assists the brothers while one of them recovers from a heart ailment. Slowly, but surely she falls for Blake. She becomes their protector and their tormentor too. Real twin brothers - the Polish brothers - portray Blake and Francis. The two of them wrote the script, and brother Michael directed. This is their first film, though it will surely not be their last. What should be a horrible mess of a production merely based on its odd, off-center subject matter, is a hypnotic view of conjoined twins. The Polish brothers portray their roles so well, that I wanted to know how they managed to find conjoined twins so attractive and with such strong acting ability. In other words, it is a credit to their craft that they had a sad skeptic such as myself, believing that they were really conjoined twins. With supporting roles (or enlarged cameos) are Garrett Morris and Lesley Anne Warren. This film is not fluff. It takes us on a journey where we know that tragedy must come. But as Blake says,"There are no sad endings, only endings where the storyteller stopped telling the story." You really shouldn't miss this one! |
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