Was just watching this tonight on channel 7. I was quite impressed - it was very slowly paced but also atmospheric, moody and generally well acted. The cinematography was well done... the stark, lifeless and almost foreboding small town was depicted excellently.
However I had an issue with the dialogue at times, particularly the timing. Some of the responses came too quickly... if you're going to aim for realism (which seems to be the director's intention here), generally in reality the answer doesn't fall immediately out of your mouth directly after the question. In one scene, during the interrogation of the perverted school teacher, detective Bridget yells "Dan... stop!" to which he responds with "what?!" This seemed kind of like an unnatural response in my opinion.
Oh well. This movie took me by very pleasant surprise, so I will overlook the (mostly) minor flaws. Rebecca Gibney and the younger cast offered very impressive performances.
7/10
However I had an issue with the dialogue at times, particularly the timing. Some of the responses came too quickly... if you're going to aim for realism (which seems to be the director's intention here), generally in reality the answer doesn't fall immediately out of your mouth directly after the question. In one scene, during the interrogation of the perverted school teacher, detective Bridget yells "Dan... stop!" to which he responds with "what?!" This seemed kind of like an unnatural response in my opinion.
Oh well. This movie took me by very pleasant surprise, so I will overlook the (mostly) minor flaws. Rebecca Gibney and the younger cast offered very impressive performances.
7/10