Director: Nick Whitfield Writer: Nick Whitfield Starring: Andrew Buckley, Ed Gaughan, Paprika Steen, Tuppence Middleton, Jason Isaacs, Josef Whitfield Bennett (Andrew Buckley) and Davis (Ed Gaughan) are two British guys in suits who are trained to exorcize the proverbial skeletons from people’s closets. (For example: engaged couples utilize Bennett and Davis’ services to get their scandalous affairs and other dirty bits of laundry out in the open.) The duo walk the lush rolling green hills of the British countryside until they find a home that matches a hand-sketched picture. Once they find their destination, they interview their clients and acquire the required signatures and waivers. Then, it’s on to business. They use a device sort of like a Geiger counter to detect the closet or wardrobe where the skeletons are hiding; then with goggles strapped on and magic rocks and fire extinguisher in hands, they dive into the...
- 4/28/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
SXSW Review
Skeletons
Director: Nick Whitfield
North American Premiere
Emerging Visions
94 minutes
Complete Coverage of SXSW 2010
Synopsis
In this surreal comedy, Davis and Bennett are a mismatched pair of traveling salesmen in the business of cleaning skeletons out of closets. Together they travel across Britain, performing ‘the Procedure’ whereby secrets and lies are exposed.
Bennett is a stickler for the rules and finds that Davis has been using their special procedure illegally to reconnect with comforting moments from his past.
Their boss, The Colonel assigns the pair to their biggest challenge yet, a graduation test that could see them moving up the company ladder. But when they arrive at a remote family home and can’t get the job done, they discover that you can’t always get away from your own skeletons and you can’t always leave and never come back.
Director Bio
Nick Whitfield grew up in...
Skeletons
Director: Nick Whitfield
North American Premiere
Emerging Visions
94 minutes
Complete Coverage of SXSW 2010
Synopsis
In this surreal comedy, Davis and Bennett are a mismatched pair of traveling salesmen in the business of cleaning skeletons out of closets. Together they travel across Britain, performing ‘the Procedure’ whereby secrets and lies are exposed.
Bennett is a stickler for the rules and finds that Davis has been using their special procedure illegally to reconnect with comforting moments from his past.
Their boss, The Colonel assigns the pair to their biggest challenge yet, a graduation test that could see them moving up the company ladder. But when they arrive at a remote family home and can’t get the job done, they discover that you can’t always get away from your own skeletons and you can’t always leave and never come back.
Director Bio
Nick Whitfield grew up in...
- 3/25/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
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