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Canyons (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 99 mins

  • Director: Paul Schrader
  • Writer: Bret Easton Ellis
  • Producer: Kyle Curry; Kerstin Emhoff

CGiii Comment

Youth, glamor, sex and Los Angeles, circa 2012. Yes...yet again!

Not the greatest of trailers...

Nor the greatest opening scene...

It's pretty obvious from the outset that Schrader and Ellis are like oil and water.

The words...dull and pointless.

The visuals...lacklustre.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.

Cast & Characters

Lindsay Lohan as Tara;
Nolan Gerard Funk as Ryan;
Gus Van Sant as Dr. Campbell;
James Deen as Christian;
Amanda Brooks as Gina;
Tenille Houston as Cynthia;
Lauren Schacher as Caitlin;
Jarod Einsohn as Hoodie;
Victor of Aquitaine as Randall;
Matthew Hoffman as Himself