Toni Vall Cinemanía (Spain) Nov 5, 2020 2/5

Neither more nor less than exactly what it was expected to be. [Full review in Spanish]

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Maitland McDonagh Time Out Nov 17, 2011 2/5

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Brandon Fibbs Christianity Today Feb 28, 2008 2/4

It is worse than a straightforward bad film, it is a middling, stagnant film that could have been extraordinary.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Jan 14, 2008 1/5

i sta narkotika tha se riksei, i stin katatonia, an kaneis to lathos na tin pareis sta sobara os otidipote allo para eykairia eksaskisis ton kanibalistikon soy enstikton

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Anna Smith Empire Magazine Nov 23, 2007 2/5

A flat story, lean characters and a miscast lead make this a poor facsimile of period epics like Farewell My Concubine.

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Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Nov 9, 2007 1/5

Tremulous eroticism a-go-go, but it's all completely lifeless.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Nov 9, 2007 1/5

Dralon is more like it.

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) Nov 9, 2007 1/5

Crashing bore of a movie.

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James Mottram Film4 Nov 9, 2007 2/5

A problematic period movie, Silk is anything but finely spun. Unaided by lacklusture performances from the leads, director Francois Girard seems more interested in crafting a beautiful travelogue than he does a moving melodrama.

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Neil Smith BBC.com Nov 9, 2007 2/5

Francois Girard's film proves a cross-cultural yawn, as if taking its cue from Pitt's blank-faced blandness and Keira Knightley's anaemic support.

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Matt Mueller Total Film Nov 9, 2007 2/5

Sluggish storytelling enlivens neither Pitt's infatuation with a local concubine nor the stubbornly feudal society it's set against. Worst of all, though, you just never give a toss.

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Matthew Turner ViewLondon Nov 8, 2007 2/5

Gorgeous to look at but ultimately disappointing, Silk is let down by stilted direction, an extremely dull script and a badly miscast Michael Pitt.

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S. Jhoanna Robledo Common Sense Media Oct 22, 2007 2/5

Dull period drama goes for sensuality over story.

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Beverly Berning culturevulture.net Oct 17, 2007

The movie is at its best as a collage of environments representing states of mind.

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Bruce Kirkland Jam! Movies Sep 28, 2007 3/5

It is interesting and not riveting, lovely and not luxurious, good and not great. Some may even find it boring. It certainly is repetitive.

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Susan Walker Toronto Star Sep 28, 2007 2/4

Franois Girard's Silk is not merely painterly. It might as well be a painting, for all that it eschews storytelling, forcing the viewer to scan the lush imagery in search of clues to what, if anything, might be going on.

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Stephen Cole Globe and Mail Sep 28, 2007 2/4

Though elegantly staged, Silk is badly written and indifferently cast.

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Toddy Burton Austin Chronicle Sep 22, 2007 1.5/5

While the locations are stunning and the cinematography (by Alain Dostie) frequently pulls off compositions of breathtaking beauty, the flimsy emotional journey left me bored and frustrated -- never a good combination.

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Nathan Rabin AV Club Sep 22, 2007 C+

Sensual but profoundly silly, Silk is ultimately little more than softcore porn with arthouse trappings, a moony, dopily romantic Red Shoe Diaries variation for the NPR set.

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