BYZANTIUM is director Neil Jordan's (Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game) sexy and stylish fantasy thriller about mother and daughter vampires dealing with the pitfalls of eternal life. Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara (Gemma Arterton) meets lonely Noel (Daniel Mays), who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan, Hanna, Atonement) befriends Frank (Caleb Landry Jones) and tells him their lethal secret: They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence. Also starring Sam Riley and Jonny Lee Miller. (c) IFCMovie Title : Byzantium
Release Date : Jun 28, 2013 Limited Genre Movie :Drama,Art House & International,Mystery & Suspense,Science Fiction & Fantasy
Mpaa Rating : R Actors :Saoirse Ronan,Gemma Arterton,Jonny Lee Miller,Sam Riley,Caleb Landry Jones
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TagLine Byzantium Irresistible. Immoral. Immortal.Visitor Ranting & Critics For Byzantium
User Ranting Movie Byzantium :User Count Like for Byzantium : 3,171
Critics Ranting For Byzantium : 6.2
Critics Percentage For Byzantium : 58 %
Review For Movie Byzantium
A lethargic and uninspired take that aims to be something different, but ultimately isn't.Dennis Harvey-Variety
Neil Jordan interviews a whole new set of vampires but draws precious little blood.
David Rooney-Hollywood Reporter
The movie is gorgeous, mesmerizing, poetic; the lyricism actually heightened by harsh jets of gore.
David Edelstein-New York Magazine
What's really missing is the vampire's tragedy: that ache, the loss of feeling, the sense that in killing death, the essence of what it is to be human is destroyed.
Cath Clarke-Time Out
I simply have no more room in my life for ennui-besotted vampires.
Jordan Hoffman-Film.com
Despite an intriguing premise (mother and daughter vampires struggling to survive) the film lacks a consistent tone and misses a real dramatic tension, which is surprising given the subject matter.
Mark Adams-Screen International
The story's nothing new, but the film is still vivid, lurid, sexy and seedy
Roger Moore-McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Neil Jordan's curiously revisionist addition to the cult of the undead category.
Susan Granger-SSG Syndicate
Some "vampire stuff" you've seen before, a few new ideas that work, two great performances, and a lot of skilled veterans behind the camera.
Scott Weinberg-FEARnet
There's good work in here but the climax sadly lacks the emotive punch it's looking for.
Martin Roberts-Fan The Fire
It's enough to make Stephenie Meyer's ovaries implode.
Ed Whitfield-The Ooh Tray
A tangle of genre conventions and wayward plotting starts to blunt the film's thematic point.
Michael Leader-Film4
Another artfully dull take on vampire lore, one that rather self-consciously tries to outclass Twilight and its ilk, yet still completely fails to be in any way seductive.
Alistair Harkness-Scotsman
A haunting, touching and visually sublime reinvention of undead mythology.
Alan Jones-Radio Times
Byzantium is a complex film that combines a traditional gothic horror story (though not one that sticks to traditional vampire law), social history and a realistic account of dealing with authentic physical distress.
Philip French-Observer [UK]
A slightly frustrating picture: full of brilliant things, but hampered with at least three split personalities.
Donald Clarke-Irish Times
Unlike the Christopher Lee movies of old, it feels compromised and convoluted, lacking in action, pace and scares as if caught between two sets of fangs in a post-Twilight vacuum.
Graham Young-Birmingham Mail
Nearly 20 years after Interview With the Vampire, Neil Jordan returns to the genre to breath some new life into a mythology that has grown stale, predictable and rather mopey (see Twilight).
Rich Cline-Contactmusic.com
Director Neil Jordan's return to the vampire genre is bloody and atmospheric, but at heart, it's about a girl who just desperately needs someone to listen to her.
Sarah Dobbs-SFX Magazine
As a sketch of life on the margins in a tatty seaside resort, it works well enough. As an action pic, though, it's just too slow, too long.
David Sexton-This is London
This may be one vampire film that has bitten off more than it can devour. The screenplay contains some clunky dialogue and never seems to hit a confident stride.
Allan Hunter-Daily Express
The only suspense lies in wondering where the next bad line will come from. And little suspense even there. It will come from the next open mouth.
Nigel Andrews-Financial Times
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Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.TagLine Byzantium Irresistible. Immoral. Immortal.
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