This is a classic example of a film I just can't see the point of. Not that I want to discourage Mark Jenkin, or even claim that the film doesn't have a point, but the theme of gentrification is brought up and made obvious about 15 minutes in, and 74 minutes later the only thing that's really changed is that I have a new favourite insult that I can't quote within IMDB guidelines.
I also can't for the life of me tell what the purpose of filming it on a silent camera and dubbing all the sound in post-recording could have possibly been, or the reason for the weirdly eerie soundtrack and editing, because for me, the effect just ended up being that this feels like a Ken Loach-ian drama with the tone of a horror film.
Despite all that, the film is pretty well acted, directed and shot, but the story is really generic and never seems to go anywhere, and the presentation just makes the whole experience feel like it was made for an entirely different type of film to me.
But fishing, innit?
I also can't for the life of me tell what the purpose of filming it on a silent camera and dubbing all the sound in post-recording could have possibly been, or the reason for the weirdly eerie soundtrack and editing, because for me, the effect just ended up being that this feels like a Ken Loach-ian drama with the tone of a horror film.
Despite all that, the film is pretty well acted, directed and shot, but the story is really generic and never seems to go anywhere, and the presentation just makes the whole experience feel like it was made for an entirely different type of film to me.
But fishing, innit?