Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Simply A Masterpiece

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Exotica is Egoyan's best movie and the best movie I've ever seen.Exotica raises the question of our existence, what we are supposed to do on Earth as humans. And this as a subtext in a perfect narration of people whose paths come together in the "Exotica".There is no other film that contains such poetic but accurate dialogues. In this artwork, every spoken word has a meaning in relation to the meta-narrative.The very good work with the music motifs and the location, merged with the film dialogues, give the film an atmosphere that is neither sad nor happy, but exceptionally gorgeous and yet earthly.I'm very thankful to see this wise movie.

I saw this one a long time ago, and remembered a lot of details when I saw it again last night, but not exactly how the story evolved. The ending was quite a surprise, even.Mia Kershner, Bruce Greenwood, Don McKellar - I should name the whole cast, but these three impressed me most - all do a wonderful job under the exceptional direction of Atom Egoyan, a truly unique film maker and storyteller.The main story about Francis gets sidetracked some of the time by the stories about Zoe, Eric and Christina and especially the one about Thomas, or at least it seems to be, but things come together more and more nearing the end.A good 9 out of 10.

Interesting opening credits. Interesting cast. Interesting use of Leonard Cohen's song. But in totality, just above average. The film deals with a set of characters, each having some sort of a psychological problem. Visually strong, but content-wise very weak.This is my first Egoyan film. He has evidently some talent to make a viewer sit up and expect the unusual. But why populate an entire film with problem characters? That's not reality.The most interesting bit was actor Don McKellar who plays Thomas is made to look like the director Atom Egoyan, complete with his glasses. Is that an autobiographical touch?

What might seem at first to be a superficial story about middle aged guys seeking escape in the exotic world of young and beautiful strippers is actually a deep and intricately woven story of intersecting lives. And those seemingly ordinary lives are charged with extraordinary catastrophe.Excellent directing by Atom Egoyan. Superb acting by Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood and Don McKellar. And the power of the film is amplified by an unforgettable soundtrack that includes the haunting lament of Leonard Cohen's classic "Everybody Knows." At the denouement, we are left with an abiding sense of cosmic ache, and a hope that there is truth in Dostoevsky's assertion that "our evils are expiated by suffering."