The Canyons
August 2013
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Wesley Morris
It believes it's taking risks it actually has no interest in taking, that it's seeing profundity in the showbiz shallows.
Ben Sachs
Ellis throws in lots of references to social media in a desperate bid for cultural currency, while Schrader intersperses the drama with pretentious shots of boarded-up movie theaters to suggest...
Bill Goodykoontz
"The Canyons" is one of those movies that makes you feel worse just for having watched it.
Kenneth Turan
If the creation of self-important tedium were a competitive sport, "The Canyons" would take home the gold.
Claudia Puig
An inept, misanthropic melodrama written by novelist Bret Easton Ellis and funded mostly through a Kickstarter campaign.
David Lewis
A tale of young, vapid, sexually insatiable Z-listers in Hollywood had the credentials to be deliciously awful fun but almost every time something tawdry (and potentially interesting) is about to...
Critic reviews
Wesley Morris
It believes it's taking risks it actually has no interest in taking, that it's seeing profundity in the showbiz shallows.
Ben Sachs
Ellis throws in lots of references to social media in a desperate bid for cultural currency, while Schrader intersperses the drama with pretentious shots of boarded-up movie theaters to suggest...
Bill Goodykoontz
"The Canyons" is one of those movies that makes you feel worse just for having watched it.
Kenneth Turan
If the creation of self-important tedium were a competitive sport, "The Canyons" would take home the gold.
Claudia Puig
An inept, misanthropic melodrama written by novelist Bret Easton Ellis and funded mostly through a Kickstarter campaign.
David Lewis
A tale of young, vapid, sexually insatiable Z-listers in Hollywood had the credentials to be deliciously awful fun but almost every time something tawdry (and potentially interesting) is about to...
David Thomson
The Canyons is inept and de-energizing, and Lindsay Lohan is enough to make you cry.
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Google Play Pricing Google Play advertises the Standard Def price and then when you're interested in buying, you learn that they add an additional $1 charge for Hi-Def; total is $7.99, not $6.99. It's not exorbitant, but it's misleading. Time Warner Cable is renting The Canyons on their VOD platform for $6.99 in Hi-Def.
Cast and credits
Actors | Lindsay Lohan, James Deen |
Producers | Braxton Pope |
Director | Paul Schrader |
Writers | Bret Easton Ellis |
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