The Canyons

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The Canyons

R,

2013,

1h 35m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Drama

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21%

95 Reviews

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15%

2,500+ Ratings

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The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.

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Critics Consensus

Oppressively misanthropic and ineptly made, The Canyons serves as a sour footnote in Paul Schrader's career -- but it does feature some decent late-period work from Lindsay Lohan.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

Jun 19, 2016

Bret Easton Ellis's screenplay is filled with the worst kind of tin-eared dialogue and situations that seldom rise above their soapish base instincts, and in the third act, he clearly just gives up and turns one of his characters into Patrick Bateman.

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

Sep 23, 2014

2/5

With the pungent combination of a script from novelist Bret Easton Ellis, a performance by Lindsay Lohan and direction by Paul Schrader, The Canyons might have been a micro-budget sensation, but sadly it reeks of laziness.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

May 11, 2014

1/5

Merely confirms Schrader as an all-but spent force (it's been largely downhill since the dismal Dominion) and nails Bret Easton Ellis as a one-trick pony.

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Mike Thorn

In Review Online

Oct 10, 2024

[It] signals prophetic visions of breakdown — in empathetic corporeality, in cinema genre legacies, and in the capitalist American psyche.

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

Jun 24, 2024

4.5/10

There are some compelling ideas here, they just get too often washed out in the muck of navel-gazing nothingness and a truly abominable performance from Deen.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

Jul 6, 2021

Flat and imbecilic, The Canyons is a chore in every sense

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Synopsis

The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.

Director: Paul Schrader
Producer: Braxton Pope
Screenwriter: Bret Easton Ellis
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Post Empire Films
Rating: R (Brief Drug Use|A Bloody Crime Scene|Graphic Nudity|Language Throughout|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 2, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $49.5K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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