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Originally Posted by roshiq
13 Tzameti (2005)
An excellent & beautifully tense French thriller with an art house treatment! What a game of gambling! Loved it.:)
>>: A
13 (2010)
>>: C-
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Agreed. Unbelievably good!
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, & Girly (1970). Girly is a Mother Goose and Grim Fairy tale gone horribly and delightfully wrong. The slow buildup in its incipience lays the foundations of a family ostensibly perfect but deeply tragic, with the elements of tragedy to be foisted upon anyone unfortunate enough to stumble into this sinister family's neighborhood. Once the incredulous nature of the family is accepted, what follows is but a brilliant and black comedy with an unsettling nature.
Girly not only drags the viewer along, but lures us into the agency of misconduct in its sordid and naughty affairs, rooting for the most seductively corrupted Girly. The story is nothing short of zany, but its premise is easily swallowed once the savor of this cinematic dish is tasted. As the thick of the plot develops, nothing is apparent or predictable, leaving us nothing to do but relish the next bout of mischief. The acting was splendid, with Vanessa Howard leading the fray, seamlessly changing her polar deportment like a diva changes outfits. The rest of the cast is just as delightful, but it is Vanessa that captures the dark shadows in our hearts. The sing-song dialog only adds to this inappropriate affection. The direction is magnetic, taking an outlandish premise and crafting it into the darkest of comedies, where backstory and plausibility are thrown to the wind in order to exact the most devious pleasure possible. The camera occasionally flexes its prowess, but for most of the run time it seems happy to take a back seat and let this audacious dispatch tell the story without need of overbearing celluloid arrogance. As this flick finally begins to wind down, its denouement sets aflame another volatile fuse for our imaginations to cogitate upon, more shenaniganry to be explored after the eject button has been employed. Merci beaucoup.
Genruk