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Tape
Directed by
Richard Linklater
2002
86m
R
Drama
7.2
77%
76%
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Three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.
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Cast of Tape
Ethan Hawke
Vince
Robert Sean Leonard
Jon Salter
Uma Thurman
Amy Randall
Tape Reviews
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Implodes under the weight of its own 'excessive linguistic pressure.'
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Tape made me believe that its events could happen to real people more or less as they appear on the screen, and that is its most difficult accomplishment.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Like most movies by Linklater, it's the kind of film that doesn't usually get made -- a dramatic chamber piece for young people.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Picture a typical student film with its arty angles, bad lighting and pretentious observations.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Steeped in venom, deception, and manipulation, Tape is a three-way volley of mind games in which an adolescent grudge assumes the complexion of a festering wound.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Smart, playful, disturbing, and most of all alive.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Tape is smart, unpredictable, and alive with the energies of actors who clearly are enjoying being stretched by their material.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Three actors yakking in a single drab interior, shot on HD video: It's unlikely this poverty-program recipe has, or ever will again, yield results quite as entertaining as "Tape."
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
The performances are amazingly charged and fluid.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
There's a place in the world of the cinema for filmed theater, especially when it's done as well as it is here.
Denver Post
Steven Rosen
A failed experiment with arresting moments.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Tape plays in real time in a cramped space, but there are a lot of surprises lurking in the corners of that room.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Basically a character study, and quite an engaging one at that.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Perhaps because they are working out emotional conflicts from high school, and Vince seems stuck at a childish emotional level, what takes place in the room seems juvenile, despite the powerful subject matter.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
It's for anyone who appreciates the bitter erosion of friendship and the one-upmanship and mind games bred by festering antagonism.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Linklater's movie of a Stephen Belber play is for half its length a dull, two-character drama crying out for fresh blood.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
You never quite escape the feeling you're watching a barely adapted TV version of a somewhat gimmicky stage play.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Hawke releases his inner actor, and it's a kick to see.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Makes its points -- and how -- but never for a second forgets to be thoroughly engrossing.
CNN.com
Paul Tatara
The banter isn't sharp enough to drive the story, and Linklater's lack of visual elegance is a major hindrance.
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