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by ChristinaG , Jul 18 '00
Pros: Effects, suspense, scenery and acting
Cons: A little slow in spots
Handsome and talented Johnny Depp's character Dean Corso is an unscrupulous finder of rare books whose services are used from time to time by his client, Boris Balkan (played by Frank Langella). Balkan is known world-wide as an eccentric book collector...
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by chillas , Mar 13 '00
Pros: ...um... saw some good previews before the movie started
Cons: Where to begin?
This film is two and a half hours of build up to ... nothing. The movie just stops. I don't ask that movies be tied up in a neat little package at the end, but it is nice for a movie to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Two out of three isn't...
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by cami101 , Mar 27 '00
Pros: excellent casting job, beautiful scenery and plot
Cons: that dreadful ending
Dreadful ending. That's really all that can be said. Up until the last two minutes I was very happy with the movie. The character development was incredible. The movie was quite suspenseful up until that point.
I wish I had walked out at the...
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by Jennifer_Gibbons , Mar 16 '00
Pros: Johnny Depp is great
Cons: muddled story and plot, ending didn't make sense.
It was my father's idea to see this movie-I only knew that Johnny Depp was in it. And Roman Polanski directed the film. And oh yeah, it has something to do with devil worship. Just your typical matinee fare.
I liked The 9th Gate better than I...
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by bisco , Aug 16 '00
Pros: a few interesting scenes
Cons: like watching paint dry
Though this movie has moments ( at least enough for a really great trailer ), overall it's pretty flat. It also has a very similar feel to an earlier movie he did called "Frantic". In both films a young, mysterious French female is aiding our...
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by clydfrog , Aug 01 '00
Pros: Depp
Cons: Everything else
I rented this flick on VHS on a rainy day frankly because there wasn't anything else on the shelf that look appealing. This seemed to be a typical Polanski film with darkness and ominousness a plenty. This is a dark movie bringing for reference to...
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by scoop1982 , Apr 09 '00
Pros: Photography/efx
Cons: Acting
The movie is rated R for violence, language, nudity, and sexuality. The Ninth Gate os a Satanic Thiller directed by Roman Polanski, and stars: Johnny Depp. Frank Langella, and Emmanoelle Selgner. Johnny Depp stars as a rare books dealer whoo is hired by...
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by aseale , Oct 24 '00
Pros: Interesting plot idea
Cons: movie needs more umpf
The ninth gate is an interesting story about a rare book dealer, who isn't the most honest guy. The character, played by johnnie depp, is your typical sleazy low-life who will doing anything for a buck. The story does move quickly as Depp is hired...
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by DrPhibes , Nov 09 '00
Pros: So bad it is almost good...
Cons: ...but not quite.
The sub-genre of Diabolical Horror has strong forefathers. Tourneur's Curse of the Demon (50's), Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (60's), The Exorcist and The Omen (70's)...descending through flawed-but-fascinating Angel Heart (80's), overblown pantomime The...
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by fuzziepikul , Dec 20 '00
Pros: scary movie with sex and violence
Cons: a little graphic and diranged
The Ninth Gate...at first scary, then mysterious, then just plain freaky.
A lonely friday night, sick and bored, I decided to rent a movie. After looking at all the new DVD's I decided on this one. It looked interesting, and it was something...
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by jbayshc7 , Mar 18 '00
Pros: good acting
Cons: can't miss anything
As a man who hunts down rare books Dean Corso gets hired by a client of his to hunt down the other two books of The Ninth Gate to see if they are fake. Right away the book has a bad effect on Deans (Johnny Depp) life when his friend at a book store is...
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by vinmeister1 , Oct 09 '00
Pros: Movies on the devil keep interest
Cons: the ending lacks something
I will say off the bat I really liked the movie the ninth gate. It was fine until you get into it a little bit.
I thought that Johnny Depp played his usual boyish charm role to get what he wants routine and he did! This movie was believable...
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by desertflower15 , Aug 16 '00
Pros: Good actor, doesn't drag
Cons: Plot isn't fantastic; sudden, uncompleted ending.
While cruising past the at Blockbuster, a movie called Ninth Gate caught my eye. I must confess it was the fact that Johnny Depp starred in it that made me decide to rent it, I am a fan of Depp. However, reading the description on the back of the...
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by Hourman , Mar 23 '00
Pros: Technical brilliance
Cons: Convoluted plot
The Ninth Gate is a movie based on an excellent book by the Spanish author Arturo Perez-Revete. The direction here is excellent. Most of the technical aspects of the movie excel (lighting, set design, costumes). The cinematography is excellent as...
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by slamm , Mar 12 '00
Pros: Beautiful Scenery
Cons: Slow, Overrated, No special effects, No suspense, Bad ending
We saw this movie thinking it would be scary. The movie is slow and unappealing. You kept waiting for some action or intense graphics, it never happened.
The story begins with a book detective (Johnny Depp) whose assignment is to track down three...
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