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Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007) Movie Reviews
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San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Director Julian Schnabel uses his skill as a painter to assemble a collage of fantastical images to reveal the exquisite physical wreck that Bauby has become....read the complete Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007) review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
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MTV (Kurt Loder)
Bauby's horrific situation, and the purposefully muted reactions of the people around him...speak for themselves with spare eloquence....read the complete Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007) review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
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Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
A small-scale film on a grand-sized canvas: director Julian Schnabel and his cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski, meet the challenge of adapting ... Bauby's 1997 memoir....read the complete Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007) review at Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
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by Evan on November 07, 2009
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is a profound feat of filmmaking. It is based on the real-life story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a man who suddenly finds himself in the kind of medical predicament horror stories are made of: he suffers a stroke ...
by A. Szarka "Movie ... on September 30, 2009
I forget how I got interested in this movie, since I read the book after seeing the film. Anyway, I loved this movie. I watched it three times in one day. I love French Movies so I don't need to worry about being disappointed.
It was cool seeing what ...
by R. Swanson "promi... on July 14, 2009
I didn't rush to see this when it was in the theaters because I feared it would be too depressing. I was even reluctant to play the DVD and told myself I'd just start it and if it was too heavy I'd stop it. However I was engaged immediately and watched ...
by Andy Orrock on June 27, 2009
This is an indescribably beautiful and breathtaking film by the artist turned director Julian Schnabel. I've enjoyed each of Schnabel's three magnificent films, each more than the other. Basquiat was a great debut. Before Night Falls is one of my Top ...
by M. Swinney "Marc ... on May 27, 2009
One thing that can be said about Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," is that it is a beautifully rendered view with the depths aplomb of human experience leaving the viewer with hope. It's an important flick, one I think the majority ...
by Richard C. Idoux on April 06, 2009
An enthralling story of one man's success to overcome his infirmities. The story line will bring forth the viewer's sympathy, the viewer's support for the man, and the viewer's satisfaction with desilution of the story. You may not sympathize entirely ...
by kaioatey on March 19, 2009
This is a sensitive, sophisticated film about the human condition. Schnabel does not capture only the mind of a middle-aged man "locked-in" into his head, but also the microscosmos of people who raised, loved and took care of him after the incapacitating ...
by David Holt on March 01, 2009
Excellent cinematography, acting, directing and story. This film goes right to work making the audience really feel the main characters struggle. It was a real emotional and uplifting experience watching this film and I cannot highly recommend it enough. ...
by S. Spilka on February 27, 2009
I saw the movie before I read the book. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I loved the movie so much that after seeing it three times, I wanted more. So I read the book and wish I hadn't. Julian Schnabel's version of this story is filled with agony but also ...
by Yasmin H. McEwen ... on December 05, 2008
caution) slightly slow to grab the viewer; ultimately, worth the wait. when the movie opens it kind of took me by surprise even though i knew it was coming, this seeing the world through Bauby's eyes; but then we are treated to a loss of one of those ...
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