I'll cut to the chase...
Positives...
The initial premise
Some of the cinematography
Elements of the production design
The lead characters costume even with all its wanna be Amelie fixation.
The pacing of the film, though a little too slow, in my opinion, falls just the right side of the line
Negatives Everything else. Every. Single. Thing. The direction, the stilted and clichéd script with a god awful voice over, stereotypes presented as characters, abysmal performances, the initial steadicam/ronin shots, framing issues...
I won't go on as I've devoted enough time to this film already but if you fancy being at least four steps ahead of the story at any given point, feel free, this is the one for you. A bit of advice.. Fast forward through the scene when the main protagonist goes to the home of a recently fired work colleague. Oh.. And the one after that. The dinner scene. Excruciating acting and exposition upon exposition through out. Oh. And the scene where 'Amelie' tells her husband she's leaving. And the one when an official comes round... And the one... Oh I give up... Some of the dialogue in this film is beyond bad. I know this was helmed by first time writer and director but they really required help. This script was just not ready to be shot, it seemed as though they missed a large period of script development
Well done to the team for actually getting a film made though I get the sense that this team were/are very connected within a certain strata of UK independent film making.. There's no other explanation for this films existence.
This won awards? I repeat... Really?
Negatives Everything else. Every. Single. Thing. The direction, the stilted and clichéd script with a god awful voice over, stereotypes presented as characters, abysmal performances, the initial steadicam/ronin shots, framing issues...
I won't go on as I've devoted enough time to this film already but if you fancy being at least four steps ahead of the story at any given point, feel free, this is the one for you. A bit of advice.. Fast forward through the scene when the main protagonist goes to the home of a recently fired work colleague. Oh.. And the one after that. The dinner scene. Excruciating acting and exposition upon exposition through out. Oh. And the scene where 'Amelie' tells her husband she's leaving. And the one when an official comes round... And the one... Oh I give up... Some of the dialogue in this film is beyond bad. I know this was helmed by first time writer and director but they really required help. This script was just not ready to be shot, it seemed as though they missed a large period of script development
Well done to the team for actually getting a film made though I get the sense that this team were/are very connected within a certain strata of UK independent film making.. There's no other explanation for this films existence.
This won awards? I repeat... Really?