Dark Horse

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by lmessman

I recommend that you go see the movie 'Dark Horse". People seem to either hate or love Todd Solondz' movies. I think more people are going to view this one favorably even if they haven't enjoyed...

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Someone like Abe could only prevail through the powers of denial and optimistic wishing, and Solondz makes that happen, as the film gradually slips into fantasy. Read full review

85
Movieline
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While skipping the more shocking turns of something like "Happiness," Dark Horse does feel like a return to the fearless darkness of those earlier films, a tale of a loser who's fully drawn but never allowed to be lovable. Read full review

75
Miami Herald
| Rene Rodriguez

There's a streak of compassion in Dark Horse, a sincere empathy for a thoroughly detestable man, that is as surprising as anything in Solondz's earlier, more transgressive work. Read full review

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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The plot's problem is insoluble: There is no honest ending for Abe other than a completely undramatic continuation of the trapped life he has lived so far. So we get narrative disjunction and a limp conclusion instead of the brilliant reversal of formula that was promised. Read full review

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A scene from "Dark Horse."