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Dot the I

Play trailer Poster for Dot the I R,  2005,  1h 32m,  Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 25% 57 Reviews Tomatometer 76% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
25% Tomatometer 57 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
A flamenco dancer (Natalia Verbeke) has an affair with a Brazilian actor (Gael García Bernal), provoking a drastic reaction from her priggish husband (James D'Arcy).
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Critics Consensus

dot the i starts out as a standard love triangle, but last minute revelations turn the movie into a gimmick.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Feb 5, 2018
Its trickery might seem cute or clever to viewers who don't take either movies or people very seriously, but to me it recalled cynical "puzzle" films like Memento and Irreversible, with no reason to exist apart from its gimmick. Go to Full Review
Kerry Lengel Arizona Republic Aug 18, 2005
2.5/5
As much as it tries to be a smart, postmodern indie film, dot the i is pure Hollywood fluff. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Jun 25, 2005
2/5
So in love with its own inventions and convolutions that it ignores all plausibility and audience acceptance. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007
You watch the screen in disbelief and amazement that any aspiring auteur could so willfully undermine his own project this way. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Nov 29, 2006
2.5/4
...benefits greatly from the inclusion of a thoroughly unpredictable third-act twist... Go to Full Review
James O'Ehley SA Movie & DVD Magazine Apr 28, 2006
Dot the I is okay-ish until it drops one of those Sixth Sense-style plot twists which negates everything that has gone before it into audiences' laps . . . Go to Full Review
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Matthew Parkhill

Director

Gael García Bernal

Kit

Natalia Verbeke

Carmen

James D'Arcy

Barnaby

Tom Hardy

Tom

Charlie Cox

Theo

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Movie Info

Synopsis A flamenco dancer (Natalia Verbeke) has an affair with a Brazilian actor (Gael García Bernal), provoking a drastic reaction from her priggish husband (James D'Arcy).
Director
Matthew Parkhill
Producer
George Duffield, Meg Thomson
Screenwriter
Matthew Parkhill, Matthew Parkhill
Distributor
Innovation Film Group
Production Co
Summit Entertainment
Rating
R (Some Violence|Nudity|Language|Strong Sexuality)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 11, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$306.2K
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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