Synopsis
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
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Cast
- Val KilmerTom Van Allen | Danny Parker
- Vincent D'OnofrioPooh-Bear
- Adam GoldbergKujo
- Luis GuzmánQuincy
- Doug HutchisonGus Morgan
- Anthony LaPagliaAl Garcetti
- Glenn PlummerBobby
- Peter SarsgaardJimmy the Finn
- Deborah Kara UngerColette
- Chandra WestLiz
Recommendations
- 80
New Times (L.A.)
As a gallery of the grotesque, however, the cinematic equivalent of a Joe Coleman painting or Adam Parfrey publication, The Salton Sea is a blast. - 75
Miami Herald
Strikes out toward freakishly original territory after all. Fans of the off-beat, your movie has arrived. - 75
ReelViews
Unlike in many thrillers, the movie doesn't sandbag us with one last, cheap twist at the end. The Salton Sea contains its share of surprises, but none of them feels forced or artificial. - 67
Austin Chronicle
For all its faults, is a solid piece of dirty work. - 63
Boston Globe
A commercial Hollywood movie without pretensions. If there's no art here, it's still a good yarn - which is nothing to sneeze at these days. - 63
New York Daily News
Might be thought of as "Memento" for people who didn't get "Memento." - 50
L.A. Weekly
The Salton Sea isn't without interest or ideas, though some of the better ones are cribbed from David Fincher and, especially, Martin Scorsese. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing.
