The Twentieth Century (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: May 18, 2021
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: Oscilloscope
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Dan Beirne, Catherine St-Laurent & Louis Negin | |
| Directed by | Matthew Rankin | |
| Screenwriting by | Matthew Rankin |
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TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 55
[I]n Matthew Rankin’s captivatingly surreal debut feature, THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, the less admirable and frequently glossed-over aspects of Canadian identity are lampooned with dazzling ingenuity.
RogerEbert.com
Rating: B --
Mattew Rankin's gloriously bizarre debut feature is the reductio ad absurdum of biopics that privilege the ineffable spirit of their subject over matters of historical fact
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The Lens
Rating: B+ --
These performances and several others resonate against Dany Boivin's sets like echoes, and that cohesiveness allows "The Twentieth Century" to achieve a degree of centrifugal force that holds your attention even after your eyes glaze over.
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indieWire
Rating: 7/10 --
We're talking German Expressionist sets, wacky animations, drag performances, sexy underwear, Eton collars, silly contests, melodramatic music cues, fake newsreel clips, a boot fetish and a gigantic cactus...
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TheArtsStl
Rating: 3/5 --
It ends up being a smashingly good and goofball history of the non-world of Canadian history and flim-flammery, deeply committed to its own colonial crazy.
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Austin Chronicle
With an endlessly absurd plot and consistently brilliant production design, this is the anti-biopic to beat for the winter season.
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Hyperallergic
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Like a Heritage Minute on acid the film details King's campaign. Instead of policy the film pits politicians against one another in "traditional" Canadian pastimes like baby seal clubbing and waiting your turn.
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Richard Crouse
Product Description:
Prior to rising through Canada's political ranks to the office of Prime Minister, a young and frenetic William Lyon Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) considers his future after his unusual mother (Louis Negin) offers him a prophecy. As Canada faces an uncertain future and armed with his mother's words, King embarks on an unconventional quest in politics, striving to dismantle more outdated attitudes that he believes hinder the progress of his nation. Written and directed by Matthew Rankin. Co-starring Catherine St-Laurent and Brent Skagford.
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