Being a fan of Auster and Keitel I was looking forward to "Lulu". On the plus side; the acting is great and the plot is pretty offbeat. But the stuff about the weird stone and the "cult" (?!) doesn't really work to say the least. People who hated the plot of "Jacob's Ladder" should also avoid this. And Mira and Harvey as a couple didn't really convince me (even though when I'm at Keitel's age I would surely love to find a young groovy chick like Mira!). Credits must go to the somewhat original script and the inspired performances but still, well, I guess I just ain't that romantic uncynically kind of guy. But check it out because it's not a total waste of your time if you're lookin' for something different (even though my girl fell asleep).

I watched this film for 30 minutes and just couldn't get past its phony pretensions and contrived dialogue. I gave it a pass...

on first vieweing, auster's directorial debut (not counting the co-directing credit from blue in the face) can be easily dismissed as jacob's ladder-via- romantic comedy drama. It's an oddball movie which will have some viewers irritated; the premise is too out there for mainstream, yet the high qoutient romance will put off the cynics. But if you're a devout auster fan, you will enjoy this. His recurring themes of coincidence and chance, and questioning identity, translate well to film, and of course, the kafka influence.I look forward to his next one. hopefully he will fine tune his ideas more. a bit more of his literary tone and depth (see philip haas' adaptation of auster's the music of chance, which is a structurally comparable film). i'd love to see new york trilogy done as a film.the disc looks good, but it's only shown in full frame. I wonder if it's the correct aspect ratio. The deleted scenes look like its shot 1.85:1.

This is one of the finest love movies I have ever seen. I am not into love stories very much, but this one made me feel deeply in love again. Touching, amazing, pure, inteligent, dreamy, romantic. Surrealistic, but somehow very realistic. This is so wonderful...

It is getting to be a cliche that you can bookend a messy, incoherent story comprising levitating rocks and a menacing anthropologist with the shooting, then the death, of the protagonist and get away with calling it a discussion of the metaphysical. Yawn. See "Jacob's Ladder" for a more stylish and significantly more engaging trot through the same subject matter. In its defense, the acting is excellent. And just how much older is Harvey Keitel than Mira Sorvino, anyway?

Although this movie has going for it Harvey Keitel as well as an interesting mystery stone, overall it is pure arthouse garbage. Yes, I like enigmatic, intricate movies. Yes I can suspend my disbelief. Yes I like it when movies enter a realm where reality as we know it loses ground. But this story is a mish mash. See Donnie Darko or even, as suggested by other reviewers, Jacob's Ladder for better made, well-constructed films that touch on the same subjects.Only about 10 minutes of this flick retained my attention. The rest was at best a yawn and for the most part, a frustrating eye-roller. Mostly wooden performances (Keitel is his usual bad self, DaFoe is more than adequate) but the story is just cheesy and it has one of the worst endings I have ever seen. I almost threw up.