City of Ghosts

2002 Crime Drama

Leading man Matt Dillon makes his directorial debut with the crime thriller City of Ghosts. Jimmy (Dillon) is a New York con man fleeing the U.S. for Bangkok in order to avoid an insurance scam investigation. He goes to Cambodia to meet up with his former business partner, Marvin (James Caan), to collect his half of the money. Along the way, he makes friends with local man, Sok (Sereyvuth Kem), and romances Sophie (Natascha McElhone). Also starring Gérard Depardieu and Stellan Skarsgård.

Director: Matt Dillon

Starring: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone, Gerard Depardieu, Sereyvuth Kem

 30 Reviews

Reviews

  • Turns out to be a supple, intriguing, and beautifully staged movie. It features Dillon, in his most forceful performance since ''Drugstore Cowboy.''

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • Between the Caan and Dillon characters there are atmosphere, desperation and romance, and, at the end, something approaching true pathos.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

  • There's a way to love City of Ghosts, and that's to watch it not as a story that should add up to something, but as a series of little episodes with their own specialness and integrity.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • Richly atmospheric and suspenseful.

    Lawrence Van Gelder - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

  • For his atmospheric debut as a feature director, the actor Matt Dillon has cast himself as a guy in need of saving. It's a nice fit.

    Manohla Dargis - Los Angeles Times

    19 January 2013

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