Trance (2013)

R16
2013
|
100 mins
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From director Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Trainspotting), a psychological thriller following fine art auctioneer Simon (James McAvoy) who teams with... More

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Trance (2013) | Ratings & Reviews

"Director Danny Boyle's hyper-kinetic filmmaking style has rarely been better applied than in this heady (in every sense of the word) post-Inception thriller. An irresistable set-up – London art thief forgets where he stashed a stolen painting and turns to a hypnotherapist to help him remember – plays out with tantalising ambiguity as allegiances shift and reality comes into question."

Flicks, Dominic CorryFlicks

"A trippy variation on the dream-within-a-dream movie, Boyle’s return-to-form crimer constantly challenges what audiences think they know, but neglects to establish why they should care."

VarietyVariety

"Sprinting to the edge of preposterousness and back, this deliriously entertaining day-glo noir of fried brains and blown fuses denotes a director at the top of his game."

Total FilmTotal Film

"The film plays like something Boyle could kick out in his sleep, all his supercool devices listlessly deployed in service of a mediocre wet dream."

Time OutTime Out

"Mr. Boyle is a flamboyant visual stylist with a punk rocker's delight in anarchic jolts. His is a cinema of attraction and repulsion."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"Trance is a disappointment: a strident, chaotic, frantically overcooked film with an almost deafeningly intrusive ambient soundtrack."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"A slick heist tale with more twists than sense."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"Danny Boyle has great and plainly evident fun adding twists and curves and tunnels and endless style to his modern London noir Trance, but he makes so many left turns that the film turns in on itself rather than going anywhere."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Though it rings ever so slightly hollow as cool shades into callousness, this exercise in sexy suspense and brain-scrambling mystery is a dazzling, absorbing entertainment which shows off Danny Boyle’s mastery of complex storytelling and black, black humour."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"Narratively, Trance is questionable, but Boyle and Hodges whisk past all the unlikely developments with enough verve and style to keep audiences from thinking too hard."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

Trance (2013) | Details

Rating
R16, contains violence, offensive language & sex scenes
Runtime
100
Genre
Drama, Thriller
Country of origin
UK

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