
The Million Dollar Hotel follows the supposed murder of Izzy Goldkiss. FBI Agent Skinner is sent into investigate the crime, and to weed out the killer. When he reaches the 'hotel', he comes across many of the forgotten types of people living in the city. You have Geronimo, who is a self proclaimed Native American artist. Dixie, played with great gusto by Peter Stormare, as the 'fifth' Beatle still waiting for his royalty payments as well as recognition. Eloise, who is the ne... (Full plot summary below)
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The Million Dollar Hotel follows the supposed murder of Izzy Goldkiss. FBI Agent Skinner is sent into investigate the crime, and to weed out the killer. When he reaches the 'hotel', he comes across many of the forgotten types of people living in the city. You have Geronimo, who is a self proclaimed Native American artist. Dixie, played with great gusto by Peter Stormare, as the 'fifth' Beatle still waiting for his royalty payments as well as recognition. Eloise, who is the neighborhood 'whore'. And then there is Tom-Tom, played by Jeremy Davies. He's the center of the story, being that he's the 'village idiot' of the bunch, and has the trust of everyone in the Hotel. Agent Skinner has a few days to find out who the killer is, while the residents of the hotel devise a scheme to sell off Izzy's fabled 'Tar Paintings'.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn absurd comedy set in an LA flophouse... |
| PanoramaJean-François VandeurenLes amateurs de films se basant avant tout sur le développement d'ambiances langoureuses seront conquis d'avance. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanA fantasy, a fairy tale, but its characters and the emotions they elicit become painfully real. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIf any of these characters were half as resonant as Wenders appears to think they are, the film might have seemed charming instead of merely stranded. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonPretentious, indulgent, tiresome exercise in star-strutting and seediness. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorThere's a vacancy in The Million Dollar Hotel, and it's between Wim Wenders' ears. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereIf you're looking for a defining Wenders image, try starting with the gloomy angels in overcoats in Wings Of Desire. |
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonA delicate, immensely moving elegy about jewels in the trash, love amidst suffering, fraternity in poverty. |
| Film.comErnest HardyThe film isn't very good. The Million Dollar Hotel is an uneasy melding of Hollywood shtick and art-house sensibilities. |
| Ottawa CitizenJay StoneIt plays like a sop thrown down by a genius who imagines his every pensée is both precious and engagingly satirical. |