Ninth Gate

Pros: YES
Cons: Yes

Wow! If you're into mysteries then you'll enjoy watching this film. Though it is based on a religious aspect those individuals who aren't even religious will enjoy the fanatics and twists this movie provides.

Johnny Deep plays a Dean Corso,...

Pros: Depp, Polanski
Cons: limited audience

Based on all the crappy reviews that I read of this, I went rather tenatively, simply because of my fondness for the earlier work of Polanski and Johnny Depp. I was not, I must say, not disappointed.

This combines the elements of Chinatown,...

Pros: Interesting story.
Cons: Moves slowly.

This is a very interesting film. Johnny Depp plays a rare book expert who is hired by a man named Balkan. Balkan has a book that was supposedly one man's interpretation of a book written by Satan. There are only three copies of this book in the...

Pros: Good story, good acting, nice creepy feel.
Cons: Some parts predictable, ending a little disappointing.

I had misgivings about this film. I had heard nothing about whether it was worth seeing or not. Too often, films about the occult and the supernatural leave the viewer feeling frustrated and disappointed. Add to that the fact that Depp's last film,...

Pros: starts good and stars Johnny Depp
Cons: the whole movie, no discernable plot, hard to follow, useless scenes, poor ending

After being enticed by the advertising that this could be an dark and suspenseful movie (the kind I really enjoy) I went to see the Ninth Gate. Wow was that a bad idea! I feel good in the fact that I paid Matinee price rather than full price to see it....

Pros: cool subject matter, all the little details
Cons: slow

Where to begin. First of all I was really excited about this movie when I saw the preview. It looked like it was going to be a real thriller with some cool effects, which is what I like. As the movie began, in a very slow fashion I might add, we begin to...

Pros: intrigue, good cinematography, Depp is great
Cons: about 5 minutes too long

I only scan movie reviews these days, as too many give away too much of the plot, and from what I had read about this one, I was half-way expecting to find it disappointing.
I am pleased to say, however, that my husband and I enjoyed it thoroughly...

Pros: suspenseful...i guess
Cons: bad ending, some irrelavent events, scariness value very low

I saw this movie because I thought it would be a great, devilish thriller with subtle but eerie frights. I could NOT have been more disappointed...
The Ninth Gate was about a con artist-mercenary who uses cunning and clever tactics to get the naïve...

Pros: Beautiful production design, lighting and color
Cons: poorly thought out plot.

I had high hopes for this movie, but it wouldn't have fulfilled more modest expectations. For a movie about the occult and satanism, it is remarkably short on suspense and offers no truly frightening scenes.

The look of the movie is very...

Pros: scary, suspensefull, unique
Cons: none

Now, I must say that I did not see the trailers for this movie ANYWHERE. I did not read any reviews on it. Yet, it was through a clever add that I noticed the film. Now, Polaski, the director, was very farmiliar to me along with the face of Johnny...

Pros: Good story plot
Cons: Too long /lost intrest

The movie had a good plot,acting wasn`t its downfall, but for the love of God please end . Me and my wife sat and watched at many points getting "into the movie" but there were way to many slow parts. Now this comes from a guy who liked the...

Pros: good cast, photography, scenery,
Cons: lousy story, lousy plot, no mystery, no thrills

THE NINTH GATE advertising promises suspense and thrills. It delivers neither. This is a very disappointing movie, compounded by the facts that it wastes a good cast and crew, wastes a good underlying novel, and wastes more than two hours of your ...

Pros: There is nothing positive to say. There are better bad examples than this.
Cons: Bad story, wasted acting and directing talent, two hours too long.

I cannot remember seeing a movie WORSE than The Ninth Gate. If that is not clear enough, how's this: The Ninth Gate is boring, has no real climax and ends, although mercifully, with more questions than answers.

I am a movie fan. I can find...

Pros: Johnny Depp
Cons: The lack of Supernaturality

When I first heard about this movie and saw the preview, I was ecstatic. Two of my favorites were involved...1st was the movie's supposed element, many of my favorite movies deal with forces beyond mankind (good vs. evil to the fullest extent...God vs....

Pros: Great story, Great casting
Cons: Leaves audience wishing for a sequel.

With the arrival of the Millenium, there has been a rush of supernatural thrillers involving intense, dire religious conflicts. The End of Days & Stigmata to name a few. Those movies have been the unexpected heroes trying to defeat the evil,...