Tuesday 28 February 2012

Tyrannosaur (plot spoiler)

I just had to write about this amazing British film starring Olivia Colman as a Christian charity shop manager Hannah.  She befriends a brash alcoholic widower Joseph, who she finds collapsed infront of her shop after having being assaulted.  At first he berates her for being a posh idealist who knows little about life.  He asks her why she set up her shop and why she isn't with her husband and kids.  She plucks up all her courage and says 'we can't have them'.  She scoffs at her disbelievingly.  He leaves her in tears.  The next day he returns to appologise.  It turns out that her husband is a violent psychopath who beats and rapes her.  On seeing her  bruised face, Joseph takes her in; and whilst she's out he takes her keys and goes to her house.  He finds her husband's corpse drenched in blood.  It transpires that she killed him in a row, and that he had sexually assaulted her with glass and now she is infertile.  Her portrayal of an infertile woman, traumatised by the terrible way she ended up in that situation was utterly believable, her whistful glances at a mother and child in the park were not theatrical, but understated.  Well done!!!!

1 comment:

  1. watched this breathtaking movie. Peter Mullen and Olivia Colman gave outstanding performances. Waiting for the credits to see who had written this piece of work and was astounded to see it was Paddy Considine. Well done Paddy ...utterly believable, a real masterpiece of storytelling.!

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