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	Lantana (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is never explained during the movie, which is a bit of a shame, because Lantana (the name of the tropical shrub which surrounds the deceased) is used as a metaphor for the web of tangled relationships portrayed throughout this film.
		Lantana is at once a psychological thriller/drama, an essay in love, and an intelligent examination of human relationships, marriage and fidelity.
		Lantana is not as interested in solving the mystery of who was killed and why as it is in bringing the audience to understand whats going on in the heads of these amazingly lifelike characters.
	lantanathemovie.com.cob-web.org:8888 (1198 words)

	Lantana (2001): Reviews
		While the movie is well acted and creative, its story and style are too self-consciously clever to build a high degree of emotional power.
		But the movie's most unnerving aspect is the way in which it suggests true happiness may be impossible to regain once you've lost it.
		Love is indeed the greatest mystery, as Lantana's tagline goes, and while the film is ultimately still and interesting and fairly involving one, it's a bit unfortunate that the filmmakers weren't content to simply explore that quandary instead of manufacturing another.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/lantana (898 words)

	Frank's Reel Movie Reviews - Movie Review - Lantana
		Lantana is a thick and thorny shrub that flourishes in the tropical clime of Australia.
		Lantana swept the major categories at the 2001 Australian Film Institute Awards, Australia's version of The Academy Awards© including all acting, directing and film categories.
		The movie could stand on its plot alone, but Lawrence and Bovell's delightful mastery of metaphorical themes and creative artistry bring the movie to a higher level, making it one of the best foreign films in quite some time.
	www.franksreelreviews.com /reviews/lantana.htm (629 words)

	Lantana (2001) - Ninth Symphony Films Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lantana is a strong story of human relationships and despair, but isn’t always successful as a feature film.
		Its course is not always sure and the misdirection in storyline used by the writer, Andrew Bovell (Lantana is based on his play), does not always hold the audience’s attention.
		Though the credits sequence is a powerful one, when the movie moves on from simple character introductions, the audience is more than a few minutes into the film.
	regencylady.tripod.com /site/filmreviews/lantana.html (803 words)

	LANTANA movie review, In Film Australia
		‘Lantana’ itself is far for overstated, and selectively leaves out details of its plot, which actually adds to the film’s disjointed mood that refuses to divulge all the details.
		‘Lantana’ is not the be all and end all of Australian movies, but it’s a step in the right direction to what the industry is capable of achieving: better films and more choice.
		Working with a good crew, a good script and a fine cast, ‘Lantana’ will be one of this year’s local highlights, and even if the AFI has overstated its achievements, it is an achievement worth watching.
	www.infilm.com.au /reviews/lantana.htm (759 words)

	DVD Review: Lantana
		"Lantana" is truly an intimate character study dealing with the lives of many different individuals and how their happiness or lack thereof has affected their state of mind.
		In "Lantana" Lapaglia is a cop whose work has taken it's toll on his personal life and his performance suits the role perfectly.
		I'm happy to report that "Lantana" doesn't suffer from any of these major problems and is a giant step in the right direction for the studio.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviewsmark/lantanadvd2.html (2440 words)

	Movie-Vault.com :: Over 2000 Reviews and Counting...
		Such is the opening scene of “Lantana”, a wonderfully layered film about the complexities of love and marriage, with the added bonus of an intriguing whodunit murder mystery.
		Then, there are also supporting characters that add to “Lantana”’s colorful bouquet, including Jane’s separated husband and her neighbors who seem to have everything going well for them.
		The first half of the movie is a complex and insightful evaluation of marriage, with its many scenes of intimate discussions and heated exchanges.
	www.movie-vault.com /reviews/TQXqSBDOgHNWcHdH (547 words)

	Lantana (Australia, 2001). Movie reviews by Dr. Edwin Jahiel.
		Ninety-nine percent of movies are pop stuff, no matter what their disguise.
		This is one of the several murkinesses of the movie, as well as rather forced relationships.
		One proof of "Lantana"'s rather confusing structure is given in the discussions I had with other viewers who often perceived a number of facts in different ways.
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/lantana.htm (891 words)

	Blissful comeback as Lantana sweeps movie awards
		Lantana is just about the best thing I've seen in cinema in recent memory.
		In his latest film, Lantana, he turns in work of such subtly structured energy that at times he conveys a world of emotions in just one look.
		As for Lantana itself, this brooding, unnervingly intimate, marital drama is one of the best local films in recent years.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /plath/372/lantana.htm (3864 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Lantana Review - Lantana a story of loyalty, trust
		Lantana is just the movie for people who have given up going to the movies.
		All wrapped up as a mystery, Lantana is the story of a handful of married couples whose lives intersect and whose relationships are mostly in various stages of disintegration.
		Lantana was shot in Sydney and involves plenty of faces not yet well-known to North American audiences, always a good thing for the willing suspension of disbelief.
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Reviews/L/Lantana/2002/01/18/753435.html (423 words)

	Michael's Movie Mayhem -- Lantana (Special Edition) DVD review
		Lantana (lan-´tä-na), an invasive shrub with small, colorful blooms that hides a dense, thorny undergrowth.
		As mentioned earlier, this is an adult movie, and it deals deftly with grown-up situations and feelings.
		Lantana swept all the motion picture actor/actress awards at the 2001 Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards (Australia's Academy Awards).
	dvdlist.kazart.com /Reviews/Lantana.html (788 words)

	Amazon.com: Lantana: DVD: Anthony LaPaglia,Rachael Blake,Kerry Armstrong,Manu Bennett,Melissa Martinez,Owen ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As the movie progresses, the audience meets the rest of the cast whom all seems to be hiding something.
		Ray Lawrence's "Lantana" is a wise, beautifully acted and well-observed film that demonstrates, once again that it's the connections in life that matter; and that we are always looking for the right one.
		Lantana builds its premise and focus around characters that are untrustworthy, that have no reason to be trusted, and finally asks us to forget what we "think we know" or have heard to discover a killer among them.
	www.amazon.com /Lantana-Anthony-LaPaglia/dp/B0000639HN (2949 words)

	EI > DVD > Lantana (2001)
		"Lantana" uses a murder mystery to uncover the multifaceted and unhappy lives of five main characters and a host of well developed supporting characters.
		"Lantana" is outstanding adult drama that is usually delegated to TV.
		Most of the movie takes place indoors, so not much of the lush Australian countryside is on display.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/lantana.php (277 words)

	Lantana
		Lantana (2001) directed by Ray Lawrence is a brilliant Australian film that leaves the viewer thinking about it for hours after it's over.
		Lantana was accepted very well at the time of its release and that was illustrated by the fact that it earned the second highest gross amount out of Australian films in 2001 (beaten by Moulin Rouge).
		Lantana is considered to be a psychological mystery, a melodrama and a love story.
	wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2004/lantana.html (2183 words)

	Lantana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lantana has more than the usual dramatic quota of unhappiness, but it's alive in each scene, beautifully shot, and directed by Lawrence with fierce care for subtleties.
		The movie doesn't have the appeal of a Hitchcock psychological murder mystery.
		Lantana is definitely a film that works better on a moment to moment basis than it does as a complete package.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/Lantana-1111228 (961 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Lantana
		December 14, 2001 -- "Lantana" is one of those films which start out with several seemingly unrelated stories which end up being related after all.
		"Lantana" stars Anthony LaPaglia of "Autumn in New York," who plays Leon Zat, a cop investigating the disappearance of author and psychiatrist Dr. Valerie Somers (played by Barbara Hershey of "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries").
		Click here for links to places to buy this movie in video and/or DVD format, the soundtrack, books, even used videos, games and lots of other stuff.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/lantana.html (827 words)

	Sex, Bullets & Popcorn: Charles Schoellenbach reviews the film Lantana. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The movie comes across as a treatise on men, women and sexual relationships, presuming that a monogamous marriage lasting a lifetime is the only successful expression of love.
		And, we keep hearing in the movie that trust is the fundamental component to a marriage, as if it is not important in friendships and family relationships.
		Two mysteries exist in the movie: the suspected murder and the mystery of love, framed by the relationship between love and death.
	www.sbp-movie-reviews.com /rev_lantana.htm (1372 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Lantana
		This is the perfect metaphor for the theme of this film with characters who from the outside seem happy and normal, but on the inside have dark and troubling secrets.
		The structure of the movie reminds me of (Magnolia) where by all the characters are related to each other by events by the end of the film.
		All the characters are real and believable and end up exploring the themes of what constitutes happiness, what is real love and trust, and why do spouses cheat on the ones they love and feel nothing for their extramarital partners.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/lantana.html (388 words)

	Lantana (2001) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		The circumstances that lead up to the great mystery are handled with a fairly deft touch, if you exclude one inexplicable outburst from Hershey, and result in perhaps the kindest, most decent character in the film, a neighbor of Jane’s being implicated in the disappearance of Hershey’s character.
		I’m sure there will be a naysayer or two about how this movie comes to a climax and how it is resolved, but I found it strangely satisfying.
		Not a bad film this, not so much for it’s story, as it is for it’s extremely insightful glance into the nature of marriage and relationships.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2001/lantana.php (549 words)

	Lantana - a Movie Review of The Phantom Tollbooth
		It's also the one time of year when critics are actually called out from their relegated obscurity and invited to sit down at the fancy table.
		And this year critics have bestowed their ounce of prestige on flamboyant movies like Mulholland Drive and Gosford Park and the big-budget power of A Beautiful Mind and Lord of the Rings.
		In coincidences that feel completely natural, Sonja has started coming to Valerie in the hope of restoring her marriage while taking a dance class that Jane is also attending.
	www.tollbooth.org /2002/movies/lantana.html (703 words)

	Smoky Mountain News \| Arts + Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fortunately, my wife and I are of sound mind (she didn’t watch the movie) and our commitment to each other is for eternity (although I’m considering amnesia hypnotism for the movie).
		Leon is at the center of this movie because he is sent to investigate a missing persons case.
		Yes, my summary of the movie is more confusing than a labyrinth in a blizzard, but I assure you that the movie is not.
	www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/07_02/07_03_02/art_flicks.html (960 words)

	Lantana (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence.
		Lantana is set in suburban Sydney and focuses on the relationships between the characters in the film.
		The central event of the film is the disappearance and death of a woman whose body is shown at the start of the film, but whose identity is not revealed until later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lantana_(film) (208 words)

	The MovieHamlet \| Lantana: Everybody Hurts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is another one of those grand movies with a sprawling cast of characters who are all intertwined in some way.
		The movie doesn’t reveal too much, and in the end we are genuinely surprised to see what actually happened.
		The noxious lantana plant is a menace to everything in its vicinity.
	www.moviehamlet.com /review/393/lantana-everybody-hurts (654 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Lantana"
		There is tragedy and death in "Lantana," but it isn't really a thriller despite its neo-noir furnishings; the mysteries it investigates are more difficult to solve than any murder.
		But "Lantana" is a mature and accomplished film, beautifully photographed without being showy, that uses the noir language of gradually enveloping menace -- the music, the unexplained events, the vibrating network of coincidence -- to reach a destination that's finally much more interesting.
		Unlike most thrillers, "Lantana" is not pulling wildly improbable switcheroos on its characters or us, or trying to convince us that life is a meaningless chess game played by sadists.
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2001/12/21/lantana (843 words)

	Lantana movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		As far as the acting honours are concerned, it’s an incredibly close call, LaPaglia (never better) excelling as the cop in the process of meltdown, while both Armstrong and Hershey portray emotional turmoil with riveting intensity.
		So there’s no contest when it comes to the movie’s quality and watchability, because Lantana proves genuinely engrossing and distinctly classy, rarely losing its grip on what is a deftly written screenplay.
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	www.thezreview.co.uk /features/lantana.htm (565 words)

	Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews -- Lantana
		Lantana, a [raging success] Down Under is unique in that we of the press have been asked not to reveal the details of the investigation!
		Though there was the glimmer of intelligent plot gimmicks in the piece and though we understood what it was doing as each of the three endings wrapped up all the character elements, by the time those endings appeared the flick had become truly annoying.
		While there are good performances by Barbara Hershey and Geoffrey Rush, the slow pace had the frustrated writer part of our brains working overtime to come up with more interesting endings, even as the film was unspooling.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive01/lantana.html (609 words)

	Lantana
		Patrick (Peter Phelps) tells Dr. Somers of his affair with a married man, who she begins to suspect is her husband (Geoffrey Rush, "Shakespeare in Love").
		Leon Zat's mid-life crisis is the jumping off point for an examination of four different marriages, each in a different stage and each facing a different stumbling block.
		An overwhelming cacophony of insects is heard as we're made privy to the dead body of a women entangled in lantana.
	www.reelingreviews.com /lantana.htm (570 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Lantana" review (2001) Ray Lawrence, Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey
		Leon leads an investigation that soon tests his ethics, while director Lawrence engages the all characters' psychological states to steer the movie's emotions and implications (criminal, extramarital and otherwise) toward conclusions that may not be as cut-and-dried as they seem.
		Chunks of "Lantana" are driven by coincidental connections between characters, which are cleverly executed but start to feel like a crutch in the picture's last act.
		Lawrence becomes a little too enamoured of this contrivance and as the story draws toward the finale, you can't help but be distracted looking for all the plot idiosyncrasies to come full-circle.
	www.splicedonline.com /01reviews/lantana.html (549 words)

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