Hot Picks
|
|
|
Older
New Zealand 2020
produced by Harley Neville, Guy Pigden, Adam St. John, Vedat Kiyici, Chris Lambert (executive) for Pigville Productions
directed by Guy Pigden
starring Guy Pigden, Liesha Ward Knox, Astra McLaren, Harley Neville, Samantha Jukes, Michael Drew, Michelle Leuthart, Peter Coonan, Jay Simon, Kassie Watson, James Fox, Lucas Blank, Simon Ward, Coen Falke, Kristian Damsted, Rebecca Parr, Elizabeth McMenamin-Pervan, Sarah Tress, Kelvin Taylor, Carey Lee, Louise Higgins, Rick Schaeffers
written by Guy Pigden, music by Matt Caradus, Chris Geddes
review by Mike Haberfelner
|
|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
At the wedding of his friends Henry (Harley Neville) and Isabelle
(Samantha Jukes), who have also just had a baby, wannabe filmmaker Alex
(Guy Pigden) has to notice how people around him have moved on while he's
still chasing his elusive dreams - and at the tail end of his twenties
still lives with his parents (Michael Drew, Michelle Leuthart). But he
also meets two women from his past, his former best friend Jenny (Liesha
Ward Knox) he feels he still has a connection to, and hot Stephanie (Astra
McLaren), who seems to be interested in him. And while he spends the night
with Jenny - which amounts to no more than spooning, he's quick to show up
at Stephanie's when she suggests going out ... which eventually leads to
sex, and to a sort-of relationship, "sort-of" because they seem
to never be emotionally fully attached to one another. And that's fine for
Alex, as he still has Jenny to fall back on, and the two always have a
good time - which eventually leads to sex. But despite being the very best
friends and soulmates who're having sex, they both don't want to have a
relationship with one another, so much so that Alex keeps seeing Stephanie
without keeping it a secret from Jenny. Everything seems ideal until Jenny
tells Alex she's expecting his baby ...
A quite moving film about love, relationships and everything
in-between that really works because it doesn't treat its subject in an
academic way with presenting a fix-all answer on a silver platter, but
goes about everything in a slice-of-life sort of way, without much
spectacle but all the more grounded storytelling, making it much more
relatable in the process. And thanks to very solid performances and a
subtle directorial effort, this strategy comes to life very beautifully.
|
|
|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
|
Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned) |
The links below will take you just there!!!
|
|
|
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
|