Director : Lorene Scafaria.
Writer : Lorene Scafaria.
Stars : Steve Carell, Keira Knightley and Melanie Lynskey.
Review :
This film had an exemplary cast, tight script, fantastic soundtrack, a bevy of great character actors, and just the right mixture of dark and light comedy to take the edge off what is one of the best dramas I have seen in years.
Make no mistake this is no comedy, in fact it would far more appropriately pigeonholed as a dramedy. And that is what makes this film so great. It avoids all the cliché and whimsical takes on the disaster movies of the '90's and keeps the story centered in character development.
I was moved repeatedly by a wonderful story and perfectly placed diagetic music by such genius musicians such as Scott Walker and Burt Bacharach.
This is a must see, ignore all morons whose I.Q. is only sufficient to appreciate Anchor Man (though I love that movie) or a Michael Bay film (I can't say anything positive about Bay); these people will roundly hate it because it is actually original and intelligently written. "You will know a true genius by the fact that all the dunces will form a confederacy against him." (paraphrased) -Jonathan Swift
Credits by pocket_grad.
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