Dainius8888 Robert Pattinson never was an appealing actor for me, let alone a great one. So. I am addressing to the many people who instinctively dislike Mr. Pattinson, for his overrated popularity due to the ''Twilight'' saga. Now please give him a chance in this movie, because, in my opinion, his portrayal of the great Salvador Dali was actually quite decent. The Great Dali's mood swings by Pattinson were performed attractively. His shyness. His stubbornness. The insanity of his character. I definitely cannot complain about that.And the rest of the cast, especially Matthew McNulty, also gave a worthy performance. Now the story, I believe, was not as well, presented as I could have been. Salvador Dali's story should be worth a memorable movie, whereas this one was simply OK and not so distinguishably special. But. Then again, you must keep in mind that it always is extremely difficult to to express the genius of a Great artist in one movie. Also, this movie concentrates on one of Dali's main inspirations. A male lover, who had a major part in his life. And this is what was not so great. The relationship between Dali and his lover was presented here really plainly. Just a simple gay relationship. Well, OK... their relationship was quite struggling, but there are much better gay stories than this one. Anyone who has seen Ang Lee's ''Brokeback Mountain'' will not be impressed here. Another unsatisfying part of the movie for me was that everyone is speaking English with a Spanish accent. This gets really annoying after a while. It is as if they were either too lazy to make this movie in Spanish, because Salvador Dali WAS in fact Spanish and NOT English, or this is just what the American audience prefers these days. That EVERYTHING would be English. Other that these flaws I have nothing else to complain about. The atmosphere of the the movie is really dualistic. At the first half you are watching a comedy with some romance, and then it turns into a drama. And the background music goes really well with the atmosphere. You hear the violins, the guitar strings, that are a really good advantage to the Spanish mood. Anyone, to whom soundtracks are important in a movie should not be displeased.It is not a must-see movie, but doesn't hurt to watch. If you have time, It will be enjoyable, and will leaves you thinking about it for a while.

Danielle A truly beautiful affecting movie, but, as others have said, not as involving as it could have been. About halfway through the movie, I turned on the subtitles, because I was having a hard time following what was happening because I couldn't always understand what the actors were saying (I'm not an expert on Spain or on surrealism). Once I had the subtitles, that helped a lot, but it also made me realize what they did in the film, which was regularly throw in a French or Spanish word or phrase without any translation. I suppose a really sharp person could get the meaning from the context, but I thought it created a strange barrier between the audience and the film. I liked the movie a lot and I thought Garcia Lorca's and Dali's relationship was shown in a very honest and heartfelt way. But the movie was unnecessarily confusing, and I would recommend that anyone who watches it, unless they're multilingual, they turn on the subtitles. Though, on the other hand, having the words in the frame will spoil some of the impact of the beautiful cinematography. Maybe it's just a film you have to watch more than once, or study up on Spain in the 1920s before you view it.

jotix100 Three of the most admired men of the last century are the subject of "Little Ashes". The trio of Spaniards first meet while at the university; they come together as they begin their career in the arts. Of course they are, Salvador Dali, the surrealist painter, Federico Garcia Lorca, considered to be Spain's greatest poet, and Luis Bunuel, a film director that delighted audiences with his art films that followed the canons of the surrealist movement. Federico Garcia Lorca, a gay poet, develops an attraction for Salvador Dali, a painter, whose sexuality is left to the audience's imagination. Unfortunately, Federico, a left wing sympathizer, experienced frustration with the way Salvador would not commit to the kind of love he felt for the painter. It comes clear that Garcia Lorca kept to his ideas, giving his own life in the end, while selfish Salvador Dali gave up everything he once aspired to be becoming a parody of himself leading a ridiculous life where he embraced fascism, and ultimately ended up as a society clown for the idle rich. Luis Bunuel's life is a second thought for the creators of the film.Directed by Paul Morrison, "Little Ashes" could have been much involving. Written by Philippa Goslett, the story takes liberties with the way in the treatment of the three figures it tries to showcase. Part of the problem might be the heavily accented English Mr. Morrison insisting in having his actors speak. Somehow, it feels false, as it tends to disorient the audience.Robert Pattinson, the hero of the vampire saga, made this film before he was chosen to play Edward Culle, who is the main character in Stephanie Meyers novels. He does an impressive take on his Dali, an eccentric man, indeed. Jorge Beltran plays Garcia Lorca and Matthew McNulty appears as Luis Bunuel.

crazytheatre I stumbled across Little Ashes when looking for Robert Pattinson movies as embarresing as that is but I soon became irrevocably in love with the story. I generally am a very open and accepting person and this story truly showed me different styles of life. I believe that the acting all around was fabulously done not only by Robert Pattinson but also his amazing co-stars. Although like the description says, there were a few disturbing images in the film i believe it was necisarry to understand the main point, "no limits". I was so focused on the movie it was only half way through that I realized I was standing up the entire time. even after a few weeks of watching it, I am still left pondering the very well written lines and the character motavations. the movie inspired me to research Salvador Dali. after completing an autobiography on the great man, I realized that Robert Pattinson didn't show the true side of Mr. Dali. Dali was always "mad" even as a child and even though quite and reserved I believe that Robert could have showed some of that side in the beginning. over all though an amazing film and I recommend to anyone with an open mind to watch!