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Reviews
Hannibal (2001)
A bad slasher movie given the tarnished gloss of a big budget
No wonder Jodie Foster wanted nothing to do with Hannibal. This is just a bad slasher movie given the tarnished gloss of a big budget, major actors and studio support. Unlike the superb Silence of the Lambs or the undervalued Red Dragon this movie lacks anything like tension, credible characters or a gripping plot. Instead we get the usual Ridley Scott lush visuals and buckets of gore so over done as to be laughable. Everyone would have been better off if Hannibal Lecter had eaten the script instead
Chopper (2000)
A monster, a rogue, a killer and altogether fascinating
While it may seem morally questionable to make a movie about a criminal who has spent much of his life in jail and claims to have murdered 19 people the story of Mark (Chopper) Read makes compulsive viewing. As written and directed by Andrew Dominik and portrayed by Eric Bana, Chopper is a monster, a rogue, a tell of tall stories, a killer and altogether fascinating. Bana delivers a tour de force performance, possibly the finest by an Australian actor in the last 10 years. This is a violent, confronting movie that will shock and dismay. It is also extremely funny and moving and it delves into the psyche of this at times terrible individual. Those concerned the movie is a glorification of a criminal need have few concerns. After watching Chopper I doubt anyone would want to live the life Mark Read has lived.
Ça commence aujourd'hui (1999)
A heart-rending masterpiece
Bertrand Tavernier continues to prove he is one of the master modern directors. Although he made his name with a series of stunning period dramas his recent dissections of the failure of modern French society have been equally brilliant and It All Starts Today is his greatest yet. This simple tale of a struggling school master in a depressed suburb to care for his young charges in the face on uncaring bureaucracy and emotionally destroyed parents is a heart rending masterpiece from start to finish. If any foreign language film deserved the Oscar this is it.
The Wog Boy (2000)
Wog boy falls for WASP girl, battle bureaucracy for few laughs
Humour is a very individual thing and the audience at the sneak preview of The Wog Boy seemed to enjoy it more than I did. I found it an anachronistic affair, more representative of the old fashioned racial humour of the Australian cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. The boy meets girl plot never takes off because of a lack of chemistry between Lucy Bell and Nick Giannopoulos while I found laughs thin on the ground. If you want to spend your money on this, wait until it's on video.