Let's start by saying that this was extremely enjoyable very funny towards the end.
It is a hodgepodge of genres though not quite sure whether we are looking at a movie on the intricacies of English social classes or a sort of playful low-impact snuff movie with many unexplained elements
The obsession with social class in every single British movie of the last 500 years (sic) and before probably may be highly irritating to folks who do not come from that particular country.
The way it unravels is cleverly done of course there are many plot holes in there many bits which don't really add up but and this is comedy dark noir comedy it doesn't really require explaining every turn and twist with utter implacable logic
For me the main problem here and it took me quite a while to realise what was bugging me was simply the age of the main actor he's meant to be 18 at the start of this and has a face which clamours loudly that he is at least 10 years too old for the part then I checked his age and realised yes he was could they not find somebody of the relevant age ? Sometimes you really ponder about casting in films , Why not use a 40-year-old while you're at it?
Anyway apart from that pretty good great great acting from Rosamund Pike and also Richard E Grant the others were just okay to me
Many accused this film of being derivative mostly naming the Ripley movie as the main source but I did not see this here
To me it was quite original the mix of stately home Oxford young people social class and then something much much darker but funny
I think overall it really really works I give it an eight and to me that is what it is worth Entertaining and then probably will be memorable.
It is a hodgepodge of genres though not quite sure whether we are looking at a movie on the intricacies of English social classes or a sort of playful low-impact snuff movie with many unexplained elements
The obsession with social class in every single British movie of the last 500 years (sic) and before probably may be highly irritating to folks who do not come from that particular country.
The way it unravels is cleverly done of course there are many plot holes in there many bits which don't really add up but and this is comedy dark noir comedy it doesn't really require explaining every turn and twist with utter implacable logic
For me the main problem here and it took me quite a while to realise what was bugging me was simply the age of the main actor he's meant to be 18 at the start of this and has a face which clamours loudly that he is at least 10 years too old for the part then I checked his age and realised yes he was could they not find somebody of the relevant age ? Sometimes you really ponder about casting in films , Why not use a 40-year-old while you're at it?
Anyway apart from that pretty good great great acting from Rosamund Pike and also Richard E Grant the others were just okay to me
Many accused this film of being derivative mostly naming the Ripley movie as the main source but I did not see this here
To me it was quite original the mix of stately home Oxford young people social class and then something much much darker but funny
I think overall it really really works I give it an eight and to me that is what it is worth Entertaining and then probably will be memorable.
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