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Zen Noir

Play trailer Zen Noir 2006,  1h 11m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 29% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
29% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A secretive monk, a mysterious woman and a teacher thwart a detective's murder investigation at a Buddhist temple.

Critics Reviews

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Dec 1, 2006
...An irritating exercise in ham acting, metaphysical patter routines, and rim-shot-style comic editing. Go to Full Review
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Nov 30, 2006
1/4
Insufferably coy. Go to Full Review
Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle Oct 30, 2006
0.5/5
Like its hero, Zen Noir doesn't exist for even a second outside the vocabulary of the film world. Go to Full Review
Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press Nov 9, 2006
1/4
It plays like a short film extended to the length of a feature ... and assembled by someone who appears to have seen a bunch of David Lynch movies and not quite understood them. Go to Full Review
Bill White Seattle Post-Intelligencer Oct 26, 2006
D
Writer/director Marc Rosenbush's first film, from the false toughness of its surface to its soft, pulpy heart, will please neither aficionados of the detective genre nor devotees of Eastern religion. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Marc Rosenbush

Director

Duane Sharp

The Detective

Kim Chan

The Master

Debra Miller

Jane

Ezra Buzzington

Ed

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Nora

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Movie Info

Synopsis A secretive monk, a mysterious woman and a teacher thwart a detective's murder investigation at a Buddhist temple.
Director
Marc Rosenbush
Producer
Frank Crim, Marc Rosenbush
Screenwriter
Marc Rosenbush
Distributor
Magic Lamp
Production Co
Dreaming Dog Entertainment, Zenmovie
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 15, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 11m
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