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Release Date: 23 March, 2004 Retail Price: $19.94 OUR Price: $8.47 You SAVE: $11.47! Cast: Complete Cast (19 total) |
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Dark, Disturbing, Tragic & Heartbreaking
And thats just some of the negative reviews on this page. As the 19th c. French philosopher, Brillat-Savarin, probably said; "There are some people whom it is one's duty to lock in cages and poke with sticks". That aside, this is a truly beautiful and tragic work. I would echo M. J. Walters (dargelos) review below, but with one difference. I took it that the obscene cackling whores the boy first encounters on being sent to fetch his father home from the pub were real. It was a combination of the boy's identification of their gross and appalling behaviour as the sum of female sexuality together with the realisation that his mother was also a sexual being that disturbed the balance of his mind with such disturbung consequences.
As for Ralph Fiennes performance, I can never forget the words put into Kate Winslett's mouth, via Ricky Gervias' 'Extras', that 'The quickest way to win an Oscar is to play a 'mental''. He did little more here than stagger around looking appalled, which most of us have done on a Saturday night before now. Gabriel Byrne's role was almost incidental as the father, except in that he was the obvious target and trigger of the mother's sexuality, but his working class London accent was pitch perfect. Miranda Richardson is incredible (as usual)in a twin role as both a tender, loving mother and terrifying succubus.
Predictable
let me just say briefly that this would be a good film for those who haven't yet seen a large number of films . But I have seen lots of films and I read this from the start.
This was a predictable film and rather slow but not an entirely bad film.
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