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Friday 22 November 2013

CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN [2013]

Fredrik Bond's feature length directorial debut comes in the form of the stylish crime drama Charlie Countryman which seems to channel Nicolas Winding Refn and Danny Boyle.
...in other words, it's kind of crazy.
Toss in a heavy dose of twisted rom-com elements and you have yourself the type of film that is visually dazzling, well-acted and unpredictable with a great soundtrack to boot.  A wave of melancholy is washed over the tension, humour, debauchery, insanity and brutal violence to give it a sense of warmth in the center.  It's simple enough to scare away the snooty film nerds but a bit too weird to attract the average movie-goer and in the end probably won't find much of a home in many viewer's hearts with the exception of the odd-bird scattered around the world.

4 tuba players out of 5

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