
A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.... (Full plot summary below)
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A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.
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| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThe movie loses all authority, despite wonderful work from cinematographer Peter Menzies and composer Patrick O'Hearn. In screenwriter Daniel Pyne's hands, every character becomes a disappointment. Even Dafoe loses his zest as the movie progresses. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAt heart, White is a black comedy with intriguing characters and a plot that plays its cards close to the deck. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA baffling thriller, filled with double-crosses, but is absorbing and mostly a fun watch. |
| The New York TimesCaryn JamesThroughout, White is filled with exquisite scenes that don't press too hard...and those moments are all the richer for their understatement. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAll of these films approach their subjects with such irony that we cannot take them at face value; "White" is the anti-comedy, in between the anti-tragedy and the anti-romance. |
| VarietyLisa NesselsonThe entertaining second seg of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy is involving, bittersweet and droll. A fine lead perf from Zbigniew Zamachowski anchors an ingenious rags-to-riches tale of revenge filtered through abiding love. |
| The GuardianDerek MalcolmThe film specialises as much in a kind of ironic gallows humour as in laughter pure and simple, but bitterness is also avoided - which is a small miracle in itself considering the subject matter and the setting. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThere’s something earthy and elemental in this tale that was missing in Blue, something quirky and (measured by Kieslowskian standards) energetic. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDespite its flaws, White is an excellent character study, and the presentation of a twisted love story is compelling. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleEven the usually unbearable Rourke, who plays yet another psychopath here, is surprisingly subdued and effective -- his performance gives the film its menacing undercurrent. Although Daniel Pyne's otherwise sharp screenplay falls short in explaining why who's doing what to whom, perhaps a little ambiguity is necessary in a movie in which appearances are deceiving. After all, sometimes, you've just got to take these things on faith. |