The Ninth Gate
Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) specializes in tracking down rare and exotic volumes for collectors. While seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, Dean gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
23 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
21 October 1936, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
30 November 1921, Quincy, Florida, USA
1 August 1931
January1974, Ireland
29 July 1951, Miami, Florida, USA
9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
22 March 1955, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
30 November 1923, La Madeleine, Nord, France
28 May 1954
26 July 1930, Plymstock, Devon, England, UK
22 November 1939, Newark, New Jersey, USA
22 June 1966, Paris, France
January 08, 2010
Johnny Depp refuses to comment on Roman Polanski's supernatural thriller, and who can blame him?
January 01, 2000
It's so disappointing for the director of Rosemary's Baby to have to stoop to something as desperate as pyrotechnics and nudity.
January 01, 2000
The film never gets around to illuminating much about the lead character.
August 17, 2009
Sorely underrated...wisely counter-cultural to Hollywood's idea of what a supernatural thriller should be. [Blu-ray]
April 26, 2017
Who knew satanic enlightenment could be so sexy?
September 14, 2012
Polanski revisits Satan with less than devilish fun.
January 01, 2000
The filmmaker takes you on a journey that goes absolutely nowhere.
July 10, 2011
...it ultimately does go without saying that Polanski's fans will find more to embrace here than his detractors.
October 29, 2004
At least the action is moved by earthbound dementia rather than by the power of a divinity.
January 01, 2000
Watching The Ninth Gate is like being force-marched through dank rooms piled high with musty books, led by drab tour guides who mutter the same pedantic points over and over.
May 13, 2007
Sometimes dry, sometimes wacky, but surprisingly compelling throughout.
January 01, 2000
The Ninth Gate is far from essential viewing.
