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Keeping Rosy
UK 2014
produced by Richard Holmes, Isabelle Georgeaux, Patrick Healy (executive) for Big Rich Films, [Pont Neuf Productions
directed by Steve Reeves (II)
starring Maxine Peake, Blake Harrison, Christine Bottomley, Sam Hoare, Elisa Lasowski, Siena Spiro, Eliza Matthias, Layla Matthias, Brooke Skylar Baptist, Delta Storm Baptist, Tori Butler-Hart, Yvonne Wandera, Dominic Geraghty, Chloe Whittock, Ann Penfold, Colin Farrell (II), Erin Shanagher, Jo Neary, Andrew Bailey (voice), Kowsar Ahmed (voice)
written by Mike Oughton, Steve Reeves (II), music by Stephen Warbeck
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Charlotte (Maxine Peake) has just been fired from her job, so when she
arrives back home and finds her cleaning woman Maya (Elisa Lasowski)
smoking, she gets into a big argument with her that eventually leads to
her hitting Maya over the head with a champagne bottle, which eventually
kills Maya. Charlotte keeps her cool and throws Maya's body into the
river, but when she wants to get rid of Maya's car and notices she has
left her baby daughter (Eliza and Layla Matthias), she's overcome by a
mixture of guilt and motherly instincts, and decides to take the girl, who
she soon names Rosy, in with her. But once she has Rosy in her flat,
Charlotte has to realize her ideas in regards to bringing up children are
very limited, and she needs an explanation how she got the baby out of the
blue. So she calls her sister Sarah (Christine Bottomley) for assistance,
who actually has brought up a daughter. Sarah though finds out there are
CCTV cameras in Charlotte's apartment building. Now Charlotte pays a visit
to the company that does security for her building, a company that turns
out to be a container in a loading zone, and she tries to persuade
security man Roger (Blake Harrison) to hand her the security cam footage
of her building, but Roger turns her down, claiming she'd need a warrant.
So Charlotte returns to the container that night to set fire to it. The
problem seems solved, until she returns back home and finds Roger in her
apartment getting friendly with Sarah - and it turns out, Roger knows
everything, and Roger sees an opportunity to make easy money for not
squealing to the police ...
Keeping Rosy is actually a pretty awesome thriller, and
one that doesn't give away its game too soon (and I'm not only about the
very surprising final resolution here), but seems to really enjoy spinning
its yarn and keeping the audience on the edges of their seats pretty much
throughout by twisting and turning into very unexpected directions ever so
often, and that's somehow reminiscent of some of Patricia Highsmith's best
novels. Also thanks to really good character work, the movie manages to
make its protagonist with all her flaws (and there are many)
relatable and even likeable. And add to that a very solid cast and a
dynamic yet subtle directorial effort, and you're left with a pretty tight
piece of genre cinema.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
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