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Mascara (film)

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Mascara
Directed byLinda Kandel
Written byLinda Kandel
Produced byCrocker Coulson
Starring
CinematographyFrançois Dagenais
Edited byJane Pia Abramowitz
Music bySteven Hufsteter
Production
company
Anamorph Films
Distributed byPhaedra Cinema
Release date
  • 7 May 1999 (1999-05-07)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mascara is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Linda Kandel, starring Ione Skye, Lumi Cavazos and Amanda de Cadenet.

Cast

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Reception

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Joe Leydon of Variety called the film "reasonably well-acted but thoroughly inconsequential".[1] Bill Gibron of PopMatters called the film a "chick flick that out distances Lifetime and Oxygen in the communal crisis arena."[2] Don Houston of DVD Talk rated the film 2 stars out of 5.[3] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Kandel "reveals admirable commitment to her characters but is not sufficiently detached from them to provide her material with depth and perspective."[4]

Marla Matzer of the Los Angeles Daily News rated the film 1.5 stars and called it "nicely made, well-acted independent film that unfortunately just doesn't have much to say."[5] Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News rated the film 1 star and called it "tedious".[6] TV Guide wrote that while "not every scene works", the film's "cumulative effect" is "very potent."[7]

References

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  1. ^ Leydon, Joe (14 May 1999). "Mascara". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ Gibron, Bill (13 May 2008). "MASCARA (1999)". PopMatters. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ Houston, Don (18 May 2003). "Mascara". DVD Talk. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ Thomas, Kevin (14 May 1999). "'Mascara' Can't Hide Characters' Self-Pity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ Matzer, Marla (14 May 1999). "NO EYES OPENED BY `MASCARA'". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ Mathews, Jack (24 May 1999). "SMUDGED 'MASCARA' / NO COVERING UP DRAMA'S TEDIOUS VIEW OF ROMANCE". New York Daily News. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Mascara Reviews". TV Guide. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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