In A Nutshell: Conceptual artist and one-woman emo-tsunami Miranda July wrote, starred in and directed her debut feature, in which a budding romance between a shy single dad and his kooky shoe-shop customer plays out against a curtain-twitching trio of neighbourhood sub-plots.
Why You May Have Missed It: Boho dinner parties always managed to dredge up a friend-of-a-friend who’d seen it, and who made it sound either horribly cloying or irredeemably pretentious. And in all honesty, if you’re of a certain mindset going in, it probably will be.
Why Missing It Is Mad: If, however, you’re in more of a Wes Anderson mood than a Michael Bay one, you really should give July’s quirky little backyard opus a go.
Awkward dad John Hawkes is an antihero you just can’t help rooting for, and three fantastically charismatic youngsters fill in the pivotal kiddie roles. It’s by turns savage, soothing, fretful and funny...and you’ll certainly never look at emoticons in quite the same way again.
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Hadouken76
Dec 11th 2009, 15:39
id like to add that zatoichi, twilight samurai, dirty pretty things, in search of a midnight kiss, dead mans shoes to that list and even though it came out in 1998 i still think legend of 1900 is an underated gem
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sjsmith88
Dec 11th 2009, 18:28
I didn't miss You and Me and Everyone We Know, I caught it. Wish I hadn't. Following your 4-star review I had it in my head that I was in for a pleasant little indie. Instead it was your run-of-the-mill pretentious art-house rubbish. Dreadful.
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skinjob
Dec 12th 2009, 8:38
I'd like to add taxidermy - not a pleasant film to watch by any stretch of a twisted imagination but worth watching for the second and third acts on its own and the climactic scene is one that will stay wih me for a long time! if swallowed - do not induce vomiting!!
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namedropper
Dec 13th 2009, 14:24
We call them Neds and not Chavs up our way and I thought Sweet Sixteen was mainly set in Greenock and not the Port! Anyway I'd like to add Dear Frankie as a movie also set in the same area. Cracking performances from all concerned but especially the child playing Frankie. Will bring a tear to your eyes! Still hoping that Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer will get together at some point!
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domduck
Dec 14th 2009, 11:21
The Year of the Dog should be in here - and Waitress. The perfect hangover double-bill.
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