Rare for a local multiplex, a Spanish film with sub-titles. An unoriginal story about the abduction of a teenager concentrates on the effects of the family and the village where they love. Beautifully shot in a sumptuous setting, the film is remarkable for some brilliant acting from a cast led by Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. All down to writer-director Asghar Farhadi. I must try and see some of his earlier work.
I had to visit the Rex cinema in Berkhampsted to catch up with the latest movie from director Karyn Kusama (whose Jennifer's Body is a highly underrated classic). Nicole Kidman is almost unrecognisable as a detective on the trail of a gang leader whom she knows from working undercover years ago. Occasionally slow but punctuated by scenes of a violent nature and one superb heist. Memorable.
Sometimes a true story is quite amazing in itself, but for a film to work it has to sometimes take liberties with the exact truth. Writer-director Stephen Merchant is to some degree so stuck with trying to tell the precise story of a wrestling family, that he forgets the drama. Fortunately we have the brilliant Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth, The Little Drummer Girl) in the lead as Paige. Saving the day.
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