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Showing posts with label Pascal Chaumeil. Show all posts
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Thursday, 18 December 2014

A LONG WAY DOWN [2014]

If I had to pick one thing that makes director Pascal Chaumeil's adaptation of Nick Hornby's so-so novel A Long Way Down worth seeing,  I would not hesitate with the answer: Imogen Poots.
Poots is the shining star in this offbeat drama about a group of suicidal folks who form a pact to help each other through the hard times.  The film has a helluva time finding what sort of tone it's going for, which results in a somewhat frustrating experience.  At times it's quite funny, charming, likeable and driven by interesting character moments but the tone is so off-shooting one can't help but be completely distracted by it.
It's a miss but still manage to be an enjoyable miss I have no desire to see again.

3 bad trips out of 5