Annie Get Your Popcorn
On a whim, I saw Australian film Little Fish at the Curzon cinema in Soho. It's a cute cinema, with comfortably decadent décor and a lovely bar and restaurant arrangement. (New Zealanders, think Regent on Worcester or Academy Cinema.)
The movie itself was very much an off-Hollywood character drama, despite the big name actors. Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill and, er, Martin Henderson(!) lead the cast in this sad tale of drugs in the suburbs.
- Go if:
- You've got nothing better to do.
- You need an incentive to leave home before you're 30.
- Don't go if:
- You want compelling pace and a big finish.
- You like your drug films graphic.
Three off-Hollywood stars out of five. Four Hollywood stars.
(Oh, the singer who looks like Bic Runga actually is Bic Runga.)
posted by Squirk @ 9:08 am
2 Comments:
At 10:26 am AEST,
hg said…
Well, I do like drugs, so that inspires me to go, but on the other hand, I hate movies that use the cliche of perseverance in the face of adversity. Does it have that?
At 8:05 am AEST,
Squirk said…
While at least one person perseveres through some adversity, I would not call it a major theme.
Drugs (specifically heroin) are big part of the film; not because the filmmakers want to show you what drugs do, but because most of the characters' relationships with each other are defined by drugs (in way or another).
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