GOD HELP THE GIRL [2014]

The musical drama God Help The Girl coincides with Belle & Sebastion frontman Stuart Murdoch's music project of the same.
It's a coming-of-age tale about a confused girl who escapes from a psychiatric ward and forms a band with some new found friends, who have a lot to learn about life themselves.  It's filled with warmth, easy to like characters, great music and enough charm to make it hard not to like.  However it's a jumbled mess when it comes to making a point or finding a direction it wants to face and stick with it.  It's inevitable this film will become a fashion icon for hipster teens who feel just as lost as the characters do and in that I suppose it does serve some sort of purpose.

3 Wobbly-Legged Rats out of 5

Womb (2010)

aka Clone (in the UK)

Films that elicit powerful emotions without needing words linger in my mind longer than ones that use dialogue. Mostly because dialogue is a mechanical process that can be as alienating as it is beautiful, whereas silence can break a heart more effectively than a callous word.
The language of Womb is the language of loss. It’s the story of Rebecca and Thomas. When left alone, the emptiness in which Rebecca exists isn't a void; it’s a birthplace waiting for life to happen. Until then, the heavy silences and recurring symbolism that drive the narrative forward will require your complete attention.

5 patterns out of 5