The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38% · 65 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 15729 15.7K

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Director

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Alexandre Aja

Top cast

Molly Parker Photo
Molly Parker as Dalton
Terry Chen Photo
Terry Chen as Elliott
Michael Adamthwaite Photo
Michael Adamthwaite as Doctor
Barbara Hershey Photo
Barbara Hershey as Violet Drax
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791.65 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 2
1.64 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by subxerogravity 6 / 10

A good movie that never tells you what it fully is as a movie

But very interesting film.When I saw the poster, I thought it was going to be Sci-Fi or Fantasy. Then I read the synopsis and it seemed like a psychological thriller: Louis Drax is a problem child that gets into a fatal accident that puts him into a coma, and the doctor tending over him gets to the roots of those problems to try to wake him.At it's basic core, this is what the movie is, a psychological thriller. It also is a mystery as we uncover what happen to put the kid in this coma. What is different, is that the movie is narrated by the kid in the coma. His child like narrative contradicts the adult content.The voice of Luis Drax starts off the movie, telling his story of a kid prone to accidents since he was a baby. It sets a tone you can't erase as his story and how it revolves around the people around his life becomes very adult.The tone versus the story is really offsetting at times, but does make for some humorous moments as Louis' mother gets into a relationship with Dr. Pascal, the doctor tending over him. The music layered over the film does not help because it reinforces that children's book fantasy genre that clashes with the crime drama mystery.Aaron Paul was brilliant in the movie as Luis Drax's loving father, Peter. His tone in the movie also is more centered on the children's book side of the movie.The only problem with the movie, is that besides the children's fantasy combining the mystery, Thriller, The movie does and has other elements that don't jump out of nowhere necessarily, but don't fit the whole story. Dr. Pascal has a background that's perfect for helping Louis Drax and others find out what happen to him, but using this is too inconsistent and turns it into the Sci-fi movie that I thought it would be looking at the poster, but takes you out of what they are trying to do.But overall, I liked what is going on with the 9th Life of Louis Drax. The kid who plays Louis Drax tells a great tale of scandal and mystery, from the point of view of a child. it's a compelling story uniquely told.http://cinemagardens.com
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Reviewed by Anaslair 7 / 10

Louis Drax makes for a thoroughly interesting narrator indeed.

The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a powerful movie that brought me flashes of Room because we have such a strong child main character and reminiscent of Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls at times. It is so beautiful in a subtle dark way that you don't really fully grasp until the end.

I struggled a bit with the pace because even Louis' voice got tiresome every now and then, but the dreamy atmosphere saturated with a constant sense of suspense and mystery where you just had to know more about this kid and what happened to him kept me hooked.

Louis is such a smart, perceptive, special kid, with his own voice and sense of self. You can't help but let him grow on you.

There were some things I did not appreciate, such as the insta-love, but in the end even that made sense, and the twist caught me off guard, although I chided myself for not having thought of it, but the movie is that well done. Looking back you see it makes perfect sense but while watching it just doesn't come to mind.

The 9th Life of Louis Drax is most definitely a unique movie that I highly recommend.

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