Asylum

Weekes explores the nuanced layers of tribalism, a colonial brained society, and genocidal trauma with a deftness thats impressive for a storyteller new to features. ( Read More )

Marc Savlov

No one can do clinical detachment (or, I suspect, possesses a better manicure) than Sir Ian McKellan: As resident psychiatrist Dr. Cleave, hes the sinister shadow that hangs over everything in the film, blotting out hope with a cool, cheerless smile and an air of unspoken disdain thats as suffocating as a vacuum. ( Read More )

Michael O'Sullivan

Theres a hidden twist to this tawdry tale of what Dr. Cleave would call sexual pathology and its associated catastrophes. ( Read More )

Ann Hornaday

Theres nothing remotely seething or sympathetic or provocative about this overstuffed movie, which bears the unmistakable signs of a film too in love with its own fetishistic production values. ( Read More )

Manohla Dargis

In the dreary, claustrophobic drama Asylum, Natasha Richardson plays a married Englishwoman who falls for a loony bin hunk. ( Read More )