Dot the I
Dot the I
R | 18 January 2003 (USA)
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Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carmen, a beautiful Spanish woman with a tendency to lose her temper at the drop of a hat, is about to be married to Barnaby, a caring, wealthy, but slightly boring Englishman. While out with friends on her 'hen night' she encounters a stranger who suddenly sparks a passion that has been sleeping within her. As her wedding date approaches, she finds herself struggling to put this newcomer out of her mind, but his effect on her keeps growing stronger. What is it that he sees in her, and why does she feel like she's being pushed inevitably into his arms?

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gridoon2018

What starts out as a well-done but typical "love triangle" tale turns into a smart, multilayered demonstration of the age-old motto "appearances can be deceiving". It's a film that repeatedly pulls the rug out from under your feet, yet all the pieces of the well-put-together puzzle fit, and all the clues are there. The use of video camera shots may seem excessive at first, but eventually you'll find out it was justified; at the end there are none of the "loose ends" that you usually find in this type of movie - all the questions are answered. "Dot The I" is an impressively self-assured feature-length writing and directing debut for Matthew Parkhill, who is further assisted by a well-selected trio of protagonists. *** out of 4.

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serdaretik

First of all, the script was perfect, Actings were charming. it was really i need to say it was a movie to watch your eyes locked on screen.. Maybe because i love surprises in story, it really made me feel pleased. this movie gave me what i want from a scenario. i also love Gael Garcia too much. I watch him in Love's a bitch, and bad education. i think he is a wonderful actor. thanks to everyone who has a part, making this film.i recommend this great art of work to everybody. it really needed to be seen.a great piece of art.

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noexcuses1015

This movie holds your attention to the very end. The plot moves at just the right pace and gives you just enough "twists" to keep you interested. The characters were believable and I think I understood the emotion the director was trying to convey. My only problem with the movie was there may have been one too many twists that made the ending awkward (other times the little surprises had been backed up with story/emotion).Overall, a great movie, if you liked 'Vanilla Sky' you will like this one too.Either way... See this movie!

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Michael Bo

Young Brazilian guy in London falls in love with Spanish girl about to be married to a rich English man. Featuring heaps of video cameras ...Preposterous and badly written, the visual style is jarring and too self-consciously cool for the story to make much sense. Films like this one are too easy to make. They are all about coming with with a new surprise twist every 15 minutes, and they don't even have to be good, so long as they keep us surprised they don't need to add up. And then, if you say that it is a meta-indie-flick, all opposition among cineasts must be stilled.Or ...? Well, I don't buy into it. The recent 'Wicker Park' tried to do the same, boasting a non-linear plot line that covered the fact that there was no actual story to tell. 'Memento' had something it wanted to convey, but that was the exception. Too many movies nowadays ape this faux-documentary style because they hope the jarring aesthetics will keep us riveted, but without substance I dare say they will not.The film's first-time director, who, alas, is also the writer (almost always a bad idea) insists on not giving away his secrets, knowing that his house of cards will tumble down first chance it gets.The lead character Carmen is utterly unsympathetic, in the tradition we know from fatal French cinema, 'Betty Blue' and so on, her English boyfriend is a convenient caricature of the rich papa's boy slash cynical rich fart. The most startling thing about the film, in a good way, was James D'Arcy's suicide scene which was really well-played, and I must say that he was the only actor to actually get something out of this venture, although his part stinks.Gael Garcia Bernal seriously needs a career counselor, he won't survive much more muck like this one

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