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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 12/18/2010 : 14:46:06
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Animal Kingdom
Hhmmm. I enjoyed it quite a lot but I'm struggling to assess how memorable it will be in a year's time. I've seen too many 'eighties-crime-nostalgia films now for that aspect to be a novelty, but it still has a somewhat original flavour. The plot is a little far-fetched, but it carries it off convincingly enough. Worth a look, anyway.
4/5 for now. |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 12/18/2010 : 20:21:53
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 12/18/2010 : 20:40:11
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My take from Sundance:
ANIMAL KINGDOM**** (World Cinema Dramatic Jury Prize) A very well-done sojourn with the Melbourne mob, a bunch of vicious little yobbos who make the Goodfellas look like Etonians. When her heroin habit finally kills �J��s mother, he�s taken in by her estranged sister, the matriarch of a veritable roughneck brigade. J�s uncles are very bad boys, led by creepy Uncle Pope, who�s running from some very bad cops. Guy Pearce is a detective trying to drive a wedge into the family to shut it down. This is director/screenwriter David Michod�s first feature, and his prodigious talent shines through; you�re completely under his control through carefully paced scenes of almost unbearable suspense. There�s enough scenery for everyone to chew, but the standout performer is Jacki Weaver as the Machiavellian mum. Her preternatural calmness, as in a beautiful scene where she quietly manhandles a rogue cop with nothing but her voice, is as chilling as anything done by her sons. Revenge eventually emerges as the key plot point, and you�ll be talking about exactly how it was achieved for a long time. A sensational debut for Michod.
My complete Sundance 2010 report |
Edited by - randall on 03/10/2011 03:05:19 |
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damalc
"last watched: Sausage Party"
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Posted - 03/02/2011 : 00:19:09
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An open letter to Guy Pearce:
DO MORE MOVIES.
Thanks, damalc |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 03/02/2011 : 11:31:38
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I second that.
(He was perfect as Edward VIII in The King's Speech - both physically and his performance.) |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 03/02/2011 : 13:23:56
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He'll always be Mike from Neighbours to me  |
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damalc
"last watched: Sausage Party"
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Posted - 03/02/2011 : 17:04:09
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| p.s. And not just showing up for a minute at the end like in "The Road." |
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