Reviews

Wow occasionally films like this break the waves of normality in film making much like films such as Magnolia and Grand Canyon before it, and try and pull a cast together that is willing to really submerse themselves into the roles, the dialogue and the coming together of all the pieces needed to make a story like this work. And boy does this film work.

From the opening credits to the voice-over ending its compulsive, brutal, gentle and intelligent. It has an emotional intelligence in its writing that sets the bar that little bit higher. It doesn't shock you into compassion it takes you on that journey of shock, denial, desperation and the coughing stumbling stuttering realisations which grow and release from living (and surviving) life.

I wont mention any specific performances other than to say look at the cast list, pick a favourite, and you are rewarded with stunning lead worthy performances even from the much smaller parts.

You can get wary of cinema that tries too hard and cinema that does not try hard enough this hits it straight down the middle, and is testament to the skill, talent and vision of everyone that worked on this film.

Sincerely "Thank you" for making this film.

Wow what a film! Marianna Palka is sensational, what comes to mind to describe a film like this is to imagine clerks blended with garden state with a little Piano on the side interwoven with a deeply serious subject matter that is tackled with intelligence, sensitivity and wisdom.

In my opinion its rare for someone to be able to obviously put so much of themselves into a film they have written, directed and starred in to have enough perspective to be clear in what they are expressing without it losing sight of itself. I never felt that with this film once, which is again another reason to recommend it.

I only reference those films because I hold them in such high regard. This film can be added to that list.

This is film making at its absolute finest. :)