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• Must Go!
  Written April 3, 2008

  Suicide is Not Painless

  by amamoviecritic

  Absolutely gut-wrenching and difficult from beginning to end, to long after you have watched this film! Very few films can worm themselves into a person?s psyche, but this one is more than capable: script, sound, music, photography, acting, theme, presentation all conspiring to tell a story that will resonate at the darker edges of our humanity. Nicolas Cage as Ben is a tour-de-force making Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) look placid. Sera (Elisabeth Shue), a prostitute, complimented Cage as a heart-breaking character of despair and destruction. Both are bent on self-annihilation. Together they spell out a complex mixture of pain, fear, nihilistic and morbid thinking, failure, loss, and an absence of sanity. This story has more to do with relationships and love than with sex and more to do with holding on than with letting go, but such is buried deep within the chasm where death is no longer frightening and life is no longer worthwhile. You will be stunned.

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• I'll Pass
  Written August 10, 2010

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• So-so
  Written January 31, 2010

  by schatze82

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• So-so
  Written April 5, 2010

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• I'll Pass
  Written October 7, 2010

  by CAPTMVLV

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  Written August 12, 2009

  Painful in a good way

  by redyeah

  There are many times in this movie where it is painful to watch Nicolas Cage go through his alcohol problem to the point the viewer simply feels abused. But that progression is what makes this a great character centered film. We see Elizabeth Shue try desperately to help Cage out of his deep need and what him to get help. Very emotional performances by both and well worth watching.

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• Must Go!
  Written July 18, 2008

  by Amandajamie

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  Written July 11, 2008

  by Xcine

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• I'll Pass
  Written March 30, 2009

  by mik94

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• Must Go!
  Written June 19, 2008

  by DaMovieGuy

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• I'll Pass
  Written August 31, 2008

  by xamberxmaex

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• Go
  Written November 4, 2008

  by dmnorman77

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• So-so
  Written May 24, 2009

  by johnkmatteson

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• So-so
  Written October 18, 2009

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• I'll Pass
  Written May 30, 2008

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