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Limbo 7.0 1999 Movie Out of catalog

Limbo

Dir. John Sayles · United States of America · English

The only thing more dangerous than death...is survival.

What happens

Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo and her troubled teen-age daughter enter Joe’s life. Both mother and daughter fall for Joe, increasing the friction between them. The tension continues to build when Joe invites them on a pleasure cruise up the Alaskan coast, discovering too late that the trip may cost them their lives.

What the critics said

Notable Critics

"“Limbo” is entirely engrossing as it brings its discomfiting points home."

— Glenn Kenny

"This is outback noir — oblique, secretive and as hard-boiled as the ground is hard-baked — and Sen wears it well."

— Guy Lodge

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