Best movie of this year hands down!

The first must-see film of the year.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This is a very interesting watch. The combination of Ellis and Schrader is a genuine treat. Lohan does a great job of doing what she does. And the other actors brilliantly keep the movie rolling.It is an intriguing story of actors and wealth in Los Angeles, particularly the Canyons. The film delves into pornography and murder, which at times can get rather boring. But it definitely held my attention, and is my favorite type of movie.7 Stars

This is an interesting film, made for people who are into interesting films. But interesting doesn't necessarily mean good. While "The Canyons" managed to hold my attention throughout (a topless Lindsay Lohan at seemingly every opportunity doesn't hurt), it never really compelled me. It was kind of like watching a TV show when nothing else was on. Probably the main failing of the film, and I'm unsure whether it was the acting, writing, or directing (I'm thinking the directing), was that the main character of Christian played by James Deen was in no way scary, crazy, or psychopathic, despite the fact that he was supposed to be. I can't help but think of that other Ellis vehicle "American Psycho" where Christian Bale and the director of that film made a highly compelling case of psychosis. If Bale and that director were transplanted into "The Canyons" in place of Deen and Schrader, we very well may have had a minor success, instead of a film that was almost universally panned. I was going to really slam Paul Schrader's directing skills until I saw the budget. Now I'm reconsidering. On a dollar/goodness ratio the movie seems a bit remarkable. There are multi-million dollar movies that I would never willingly sit through again, but I could probably be convinced to give "The Canyons" another spin someday. All that being said, I do think the film suffers from poor production, bad music, and I still don't think Paul Schrader is a very good director.I'm not privy to what sort of machismo made Ellis/Schrader/The producers decide that $250K was enough to make this movie, but they were wrong, and end product suffered as a result. There is a sub- theme that kind of cast derision on the entire film industry and Hollywood itself, and it seems like this bled through into the production itself. The irony is that such an attitude makes it impossible to actually make a successful film, and it begs the question to the aforementioned group: "why even bother?"

I recently saw a Thanksgiving play put on by a bunch of 6 year old kids and I would rather watch that a thousand times before I ever watch this horrible movie ever again. Where do I even begin with this big poop pile of a movie. The acting is HORRENDOUS. Just when I thought no one could be more worse than Lindsay Lohan, James Deen appears! He's absolutely terrible. He should stick to the other movies he makes. I didn't recognize any of the other actors but they weren't very memorable anyways. At least not in a good way. None of the actors were all that great. It's not even worth seeing once. Just don't. It's a complete waste of time. I barely made it through to the end. I feel like I should be compensated for my pain and suffering (just kidding. Well actually maybe not...). It has a 1.3 rating on Netflix which is the lowest rating I have personally ever seen on Netflix. I think with a whole different cast and crew the movie might have a slight chance of being somewhat decent. The idea itself is okay I guess it just was not put together to well. I still can't give it more than 1 star.

In fact, it's a bit the same story as babe #76 Ashley Smith : once upon a time, there was a fabulous celebrities forum called « Zodcaps » with awesome daily updates of babes! So i guess I picked Lindsay here notably with her paparazzi shoots when she walked outdoors bra-less and with only a sheer black shirt ! And for sure, Lindsay has two beautiful arguments well displayed in this movie and foremost the character that goes with them: nude shower, sex with a porn-star and a group sex orgy!I think this movie looks a lot like her real life as she likes to have fun, to party and to have sex with whoever but fails to find yet her charming prince ! Anyway, after Laurel and Mulholland, it's also another LA canyon where very hot things happen!! Like Jackie Collins, this movie helps to discover the real (sex obsessed) Hollywood and not the one they want us to believe!