Guy Maddin reluctantly returns to his childhood home, an abandoned Canadian island, where his parents ran an orphanage. As Guy fulfills his dying mother's request to paint the lighthouse which served as the orphanage, memories of strange events there overpower him. An undercover investigation by child author/detective Wendy & a revolt by the repressed children, blew open a cover-up by Guy's parents. Wendy disguised herself as her brother Chance and discovered that Maddin's in... (Full plot summary below)
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Guy Maddin reluctantly returns to his childhood home, an abandoned Canadian island, where his parents ran an orphanage. As Guy fulfills his dying mother's request to paint the lighthouse which served as the orphanage, memories of strange events there overpower him. An undercover investigation by child author/detective Wendy & a revolt by the repressed children, blew open a cover-up by Guy's parents. Wendy disguised herself as her brother Chance and discovered that Maddin's inventor father performed outré scientific experiments on the orphans.
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| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyA feverishly imaginative Freudian vampire film from Guy Maddin, is like a silent-movie serial by Louis Feuillade or an improbable collaboration between writer Oscar Wilde and photographer Man Ray. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's an astonishing film: weird, obsessed, drawing on subterranean impulses, hypnotic. |
| New York PostLou LumenickNot many people are making silent horror serials these days, but Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin pushes his love of lurid melodrama to the limit in his latest demented treat, Brand Upon the Brain! |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghAudacious, hypnotic and utterly breathtaking. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrHow often are psychosexual lunacy and classic cinema combined so fiendishly well? |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasComing after the inspired trifecta of "Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary," "Cowards Bend The Knee," and "The Saddest Music In The World," Brand feels a little like boilerplate Maddin rather than a fresh burst of inspiration. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumEnhanced by Jason Staczek's superb score, this is characteristically intense and, unlike most of Maddin's silent-movie models, frenetically edited. |
| SalonAndrew O'HehirThe result is giddy, exciting and hilarious, not quite like any artistic experience you've ever had. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisDelirious, ingenious, often very funny and strangely touching film. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyThis much is guaranteed: You won't leave thinking you've seen the like before. |
