Friday, May 18th, 2012
The Wowster goes to the movies and experiences a recurring nighmare.
Off to see Carnage for the second time…and experience a recurring nightmare that could destroy my career as your movie critic.
But first the movie. It’s a brilliant evocation of how two couples meet for the first time in tense circumstances.
From there the film soars into a kaleidoscope of nastiness laced with dark humour, all of it orchestrated by one of my favourite auteurs Roman Polanski in a trademark chamber piece set in a New York flat.
He is ably abetted by Jodie Foster, Kate Winslett, John C Reilly and Christopher Waitz as the warring couples brimming with duplicity and false bonhomie.
The claustrophobia is intense as is the enjoyment of what to me is a masterwork.
One little problem was the first time I went to see it in Glasgow I fell asleep just before the ending. So I promised myself I’d see it again…
And guess what?
One reviewer’s opinion with which I totally disagree.
Do feel free to comment on whether you have ever had a similar experience?
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Tags: carnage, christopher waitz, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, kate wislet, movie critic, recurring nightmare, Roman Polanski
