The Aura (2006)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 38 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
The Aura is a highly original and cerebral thriller that maintains its suspense from start to finish.
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 17, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: In his elegantly conceived second feature, The Aura, Fabián Bielinsky (Nine Queens) both furthers his exploration of film form and creates a complex genre film firmly rooted in character. Espinoza is an introverted taxidermist perfectly suited to solitary, meticulous work. Though... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedron, Jorge D'Elia, Alejandro Awada
Director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producer: Mariela Besuiveski, Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero
Composer: Lucio Godoy
Producer: Mariela Besuiveski, Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero
Composer: Lucio Godoy
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I have to admit I was more than intrigued by a film featuring an epileptic taxidermist with a photographic memory who fancies that he can commit the perfect crime.
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10/20/07
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05/12/07
Top Critic
It's intriguing and absorbing, this thriller about a lonely taxidermist caught up in a shooting accident, a case of mistaken identity and a heist.
03/19/07
This character-heavy crime thriller from Argentina occasionally gets off track, straying into territory that has little to do with the main story line. But they are interesting digressions, and it's sort of nice to have a movie that's so unpredictable.
03/16/07
A startling psychological drama with plenty of unexpected twists, a worthy follow-up [to] Fabian Bielinsky['s] riveting debut Nine Queens.
03/16/07
A fuzzy attempt at significance that seems as aimlessly lost in the woods as its heist-plotting characters.
03/09/07
Top Critic
A delight to look at, and full of both beautiful music and beautiful silences.
03/09/07
With "The Aura," his final picture, the director adopts a moody atmosphere to convey an original heist thriller set in the mysterious Patagonian forests.
03/09/07
It's less a deconstruction of the heist film than an ambitious contemplation of our fascination with the genre...
03/01/07
The movie is cause for both rejoicing and despair. The good news it's an absorbing, intelligent film. The bad is that there will be no more from the gifted [late director] Bielinsky.
03/01/07
It's tough to get behind a character who doesn't even seem to care about himself.
02/28/07
Visually, the film is almost perfect, with a weird, expressionistic sensibility considerably more sophisticated than the low-fi street shooting of Nine Queens, while the imaginative piano score trickles between pastoral harmony and primal discord.
02/03/07
A haunting character-study-cum-crime thriller that marks the maturation of a significant filmmaking talent.
02/02/07
The flavor is a decidedly mournful one, unusual to find in a crime thriller, but adding layers of rich atmosphere and psychological depth to a familiar but nerve-wracking genre tale.
01/25/07
The Aura is richer and less showy than Nine Queens, and it lifts off from the gangster genre to contemplate deeper mysteries. Reminiscent of Antonioni's The Passenger in its obsession with fate and choice.
01/13/07
Top Critic
A somber mood of bleak lives is enhanced by muted colors. The many unusual aspects keep The Aura continually intriguing.
01/13/07
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences.
01/13/07
Top Critic
Bielinsky does a remarkable job of both revealing and withholding information, so that, even after 134 minutes, the film never drags.
01/05/07
In the end, the film's bigger challenge isn't its length, or its deliberate pace: It's that it's overly freighted with symbolism and meaning.
01/05/07
Top Critic
A psychological thriller about a wannabe gangster who ends up with overwhelming regret after becoming enveloped in a whirlwind of terror.
12/25/06
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