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Baumbach has crafted another whimsical and thought-provoking piece of work, which this time dwells upon ageing, depression and regret.
Using magic runes and electronic devices, Bennet and Simon are able to walk through closets and find all the hidden skeletons inside and deal with them.
Cage pulls off one of the greatest performances of his career; his painfully hunched-over appearance is as uncomfortable to watch, as it is utterly compelling.
The action is kinetic and exciting and I absolutely cannot fault the cinematography, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from the director of Blade Runner. What I would expect is a dose of originality.
It will certainly not live as long in the memory as Fantasia, Dukas’ symphony or Goethe’s poem but it is a harmless, family film that knows its audience. The audience just needs to show up in the first place.
Just like its video game forefather, this will provide short-term escapism and perhaps just the slightest feeling of having your brain switched off for a couple of hours.
The premise of this film is nothing new. A suburban couple, set in their ways, decide to head to the big city to spice up things up and meet with disaster.
Realism is turned way down, the violence dial is stuck on 11, and all is adorned with a vibrant technicolour.
Superior satirical comedy is very hard to come by – and even harder when it tackles tricky topics like religion, especially fundamentalist Islam in the UK today, a subject so hot that others dare not touch.
Dripping with nostalgia, Cemetery Junction centres on three working class lads in their early twenties who want to break free from their small hometown in search of more exciting lives.