BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

festermatt This is supposed to be a mystery with erotic undertones. It failed. The mystery is so shallow that no one cares who killed the angry, easy, young poet. The lesbian undertones don't work, the voiceovers don't work and the only thing that I enjoyed was some of the cinematography. Boring movie disguised as intellectual, but with nothing smart to say.

George Parker "The Monkey's Mask" tells of a young Aussie woman who is 99.9% lesbian and 0.1% private detective charged with finding the killer of a young woman poet. A naive flick which has some style but precious little reason to watch or keep watching and no reason to care about any of the characters, "TMM" is mostly pretentious hogwash with people behaving in ways people only behave when they're acting in a movie. The film is annoyingly divided into chapters, the characters are boring, poetry and lesbian themes don't ring true, and the whole flick is about as palatable as Spackle on a Saltine. Passable stuff not worth the time. (C-)

acidjesus A nice little movie but for a flick that is supposedly a crime / mystery the plot really moves along slowly and takes some fair turns away from the mystery part at some points. Susie Porter is quite good in the role and since this is the first time I've seen her act I was quite impressed that she managed to pull off the tough PI role quite well. The music in this film along with the cinematography is a very nice touch to the rest of the story and I really liked the usage of different shots to get the attention of the viewer and show them something new. The plot itself was alright, not the greatest mystery movie I have seen but alright, but then again most people will probably not remember the story as well as the interesting characters it presents. Our lead PI being probably the most memorable. The whole movie has a `independent / student film' feeling to it which I really like so I would have to recommend this movie for anyone who is slightly bored of the fast paced mystery films which focus more on cheap thrills rather then character development ( ala Along Came a Spider ).

katiakallai An interesting film, since there are only a few of this kind. It seems that is hard to convince the viewer in the beginning but as it runs it gets better. Bear in mind that K.McGillis is older than the woman she's impersonating, same stands for S.Porter. The story has some unclear points, but the director has managed to cover them. In a few words, a nice try - next time better luck (or script). It is not a 'MUST' film to see, but I do recommend it (at least is far and away more interesting from many others of its kind).