
Christian uses his family money to produce movies by day. He is about to start the production of a low-budget slasher flick in New Mexico starring Ryan, the handsome boyfriend of his assistant, the pretty Gina. But, unbeknownst to him, Tara was involved with Ryan a few years ago. Christian, meanwhile, is having a fling on the side with pretty Cynthia, a yoga instructor who used to take acting classes with Ryan.... (Full plot summary below)
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Christian uses his family money to produce movies by day. He is about to start the production of a low-budget slasher flick in New Mexico starring Ryan, the handsome boyfriend of his assistant, the pretty Gina. But, unbeknownst to him, Tara was involved with Ryan a few years ago. Christian, meanwhile, is having a fling on the side with pretty Cynthia, a yoga instructor who used to take acting classes with Ryan.
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| Detroit NewsTom LongYou could put a lot of work into figuring out what's wrong here, but why bother? Pretty much everything's wrong. |
| The New RepublicDavid ThomsonThe Canyons is inept and de-energizing, and Lindsay Lohan is enough to make you cry. |
| TheWrapAlonso DuraldeThose open to a chilly exploration of Hollywood anomie may be surprised at how compelling this tale of amoral showbiz outsiders often manages to be. |
| Thompson on HollywoodRyan LattanzioUnderneath The Canyons' plastic deadness rattles a broken Lohan... And we really believe her. |
| DeadspinWill LeitchThe Canyons appears to be the only movie of the last 25 years to be scandalized that movie producers are sketchy liars, young actors sometimes have to sleep with people to get better roles, and movies are produced more to make money than to create art. |
| PopMattersChris Barsanti...takes the shards of a tacky Hollywood soap opera and transforms it into a pointed, sometimes brutal comedy. |
| FilmDrunkVincent ManciniImagine American Psycho if Patrick Bateman only killed because he was angry about other dudes banging Evelyn. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineAll performances register high, including Lohan and her husky voice, but Deen, even inhabiting a must-hate character, truly impresses as an actor who "gets" the craft and its nuances. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsLindsay Lohan lights up the screen as a fallen starlet in Paul Schrader's much-maligned noir quickie. |
| The Film StageNick NewmanThe Canyons rapidly evolves into a film hopelessly at odds with itself. |