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Cracks (2009)
Interesting Film
At first glance "cracks" appears to be a not to well constructed drama about boarding school life for girls in the 1930's, show casing exactly what you would expect from such a drama, the cliques the language, the strict teaching codes and the unruly (for the time) girls.
Although at this point the story isn't all that interesting it is worth noting that the Acting from Mrs G (Eva Green) and Di (Juno Temple) is excellent.
As the film progresses and Fiamma (María Valverde) is introduced things actually take a turn for the better. Observing the Cliques reaction to the foreign intruder, a notably pretty, well dressed and talented intruder, is extremely entertaining.
The switching of loyalties and the revelations of flaws with in the perfect "miss G" begin to captivate the audience and eventually i will admit I was quite involved in the story.
This film is definitely worth a watch if you have a free afternoon to indulge the more slow paced side of cinema.
7/10
Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
A New Age Work Of Art
I would like to start out by saying that I am not a person who likes to give out absolute ratings (1* or 10* Etc) I believe in honestly evaluating each film and rating it accordingly.
That being said, "Let the Right One In" is a definite 10 star effort, it rates highly in all aspects, from editing to acting, from lighting to scene composition, each individual shot seems as if hours of work were put into it.
The story focuses on a young child (Oscar) living in a poor looking Swedish town in the 1980's. Oscar is a troubled young boy who is bullied at school by a gang of ruthless classmates and ignored at home by an overworked mother. His absentee Father is a borderline alcoholic and he has developed an obsession with murder.
While acting out a fantasy murder he meets a young girl named Eli who has moved in next door to him and soon becomes her one and only friend. Eli however has secrets of her own. She is a vampire, the lecherous old man she stays with is a paedophile obsessed with her and willing to kill for her.
Despite all of this the two children become inseparable and develop strong emotional dependencies for one another.
Well i suppose that is enough amateur summing up for the time being, but suffice to say the story is original and intriguing from start to finish.
The child stars of the film both play there parts amazingly, putting across what seems to be real tension and feeling with in the lines, hammering home the point of innocent love.
In conclusion all i can really say is that, is you are looking for a great coming of age drama with a twist and are fed up of all the commercial vampire trash being thrown around at the moment (twilight saga to name just one) then it is definitely worth checking this film out.
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