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Jason Gorber Film Scouts Bruce McDonald directs a mostly American cast in a staunch Toronto film. Rated: B- Jun 21, 2007 Full Review Dragan Antulov Draxblog Movie Reviews discrepancy between the near-comedic plot and its bloody, naturalistic resolution dooms PICTURE CLAIRE Rated: 4/10 Sep 17, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 9, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Lacks believability. Rated: C Aug 4, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

nick s Everything about this production was great - acting, directing, cinematography, editing. It was stylish and well paced. But unfortunately spoilt by an absurd plot that relied far too much on coincidence. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review Audience Member Some great leading ladies, Gina Gershon's role kind of stale spoiler alert: wish she hadn't died :( Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/04/17 Full Review Audience Member It would be a somewhat interesting story if the situations weren't set up by idiotic circumstances. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Discrepancy between the near-comedic plot and its bloody, naturalistic resolution dooms PICTURE CLAIRE. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Gritty and atmospheric, Picture Claire is a dark noir thriller. The story follows a girl who goes on the run after her apartment is burned down, but when she accidentally crosses paths with a smuggler she ends up being pursued by police and gangsters. The film has an interesting cast that features Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke, and Callum Keith Rennie. And the directing style is quite unusual, using split screens and different color filters. However, the storytelling is extremely poor, as is the character development. While there's some mystery and intrigue to Picture Claire, ultimately it ends up being rather mundane. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Great cast (Gina Gershon, Juliette Lewis, and, briefly, Mickey Rourke) wasted in weak neo-noir film. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage (Juliette Lewis) heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden (Gina Gershon), a sinister woman who killed a local gangster (Mickey Rourke) and happens to live in the same building as Claire's boyfriend. The police pursue a bewildered Claire while a gang of criminals chases after Lily.

Director

Bruce McDonald

Producer

Wendy Grean, Robert Lantos

Screenwriter

Semi Chellas

Production Co

Miramax

Rating

R (Language|Violence|Nudity)

Genre

Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama

Original Language

English

Release Date (Streaming)

Apr 12, 2017

Runtime

1h 29m

Sound Mix

Stereo