robfrancispalma Reviews

Savage State (2019)

pointless and pretentious

[23 October 2020]

This is really a stupid film which gets more and more absurd as it goes on. We had a laugh at its expense however.

Here Are the Young Men (2020)

Too much too young

[5/10 · 30 July 2020]

A film that feels like it wants to be complex but which is too often reduced to a simple experience by the use of over-familiar scenes, devices and plot lines. Some strong acting helps and the film is saved by swerving away from the expected laddish conclusions into a more satisfying study of the nature and perils of machismo. This, along with Anya Taylor-Joy's performance, allow the viewer to walk away feeling like they have watched a more solid and serious film , but only just.