Nine Lives - movie reviews and information

'Nine Lives': A masterful ensemble
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Like the proverbial cat, "Nine Lives" jumps from one life to the next, typically arriving for a few emotionally fraught minutes, then high-tailing it somewhere else. Rodrigo Garcia's immensely gratifying movie is made up of nine vignettes, all shot in one continuous take, all centered on women, all lasting between 10 and 14 minutes. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
The individual experiences of nine women — each at a crossroads — as told through nine single unbroken takes. Characters from one story reappear in supporting roles in others, including a woman in prison who desperately to connect with her visiting child; one who reels from her boyfriend's disclosure of an intimate secret to their closest friends; and a teen caught in a static loop as the peacemaker between her parents.

FILM FACTS ...

Magnolia Films

'Nine Lives'

Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Andrew Borba, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close
Run time: 114 minutes
Release date: Oct. 14, 2005
Rating: R for language, brief sexual content and some disturbing images.

On the web
Official movie site
View the trailer
Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"We edge sideways into these lives and out again. And though we've shared only a few minutes with these characters, it's easy to imagine them going on with whatever they're doing, without us."

Read the full review

The Palm Beach Post: C-
"(Writer-director Rodrigo) Garcia did attract an impressive cast for this anthology, including Holly Hunter, Sissy Spacek and Kathy Baker, to name a few more. They help pull us in and make us wish their stories did not conclude just as we were becoming involved."