Colossal (2016)

I was really looking forward to this when I first heard about it. Thought the premise was really original and worse case scenario would be that I would see an ending I couldn't have thought of. Now though it wasn't the worst case scenario for me, it wasn't what I expected nor was it as good as I was expecting. The story follows Anne Hathaway playing Gloria, an alcoholic without a job that has just been kicked out of her boyfriends apartment. She moves back home and bonds with old school mate Jason Sudeikis all the while a giant monster terrorises Seoul. Slowly Gloria realises that she is in control of this monster and has to figure out how to stop the havoc she's caused. Great idea, decently executed, the ending I don't think anyone saw coming, though isn't necessarily that satisfying.

The cast was good but not all were great. They weren't bad but I don't think they all meshed that well. I love Anne Hathaway but her character needed a bit of honing in on. Rocky development but development none the less. She did some things that didn't have much reason to them unless it were just for her wanting to cause chaos. Which would be acceptable if that avenue was explored just a little more in depth. Some of her decisions seemed half assed, yet more half assed from the script than from the character, lazy writing almost, like a space filler to the next part of the story. Little parts of her, like her being a writer, were mentioned quite late in the film and didn't seem to have much acknowledge until the end. And even then it was almost too subtle after the dusting of information we had for it, for it to have some proper weight behind it. Her progress of understanding the monster and owning up and figuring out how to fix it and conquer her demons parallels clearly enough with her drinking problem and it's nice to see her grow even if its just a small amount.



























 I did like Oscar's development, played by Sudeikis, I also didn't. I'm conflicted by this. I stand strong that bad people don't make bad characters. Awful people aren't always awful characters, you can still like them and they can still be integral to the narrative whilst being the antagonist. I'm just not 100% sure that's what this is. It was pretty gradual thankfully, but Oscar spiralled down from being likable, potentially lovable, to pretty awful. With no solid reason, and that's why I think it was a bit of a struggle. No spoilers but I liked that he became basically irredeemable. It's refreshing to not be forced to sympathise with a troubled character. Keeping that in mind the little reveal of back story at the end is okay but again not that satisfying. But maybe that's the message, the lack of justification, the unforgivable behaviour of chaos.

I'm a big fan of Dan Stevens who played Gloria's boyfriend Tim, but they didn't seem believable together. You could somewhat believe that he had put up with a lot, but their opening argument didn't hold enough weight to balance Gloria being kicked out and leaving the city so abruptly. Tim's character actually came back in parts during the film which surprised me somewhat, as from the trailers I had guess he was just used for the sake of starting the story. He was pretty charming but being British in an American cast does that kinda automatically. The other two actors of the film were Joel and Garth played by Austin Stowell and Tim Blake Nelson respectively. Both alright but again had development issues, and we didn't get given enough information to know if we needed that or not. Were okay but in a way not detrimental.

Cinematography was odd, as if now and again it made a point of reminding you you were watching a film and created a poster like shot, something oddly symmetrical or simple. I did enjoy that for almost every scene of the film Gloria wears black. To begin with it appears as if she's in mourning and expressing this with her clothes. She has a slight change when she gets a job in Oscar's bar but soon again she goes back to black. The images in Seoul Korea are good but its hard to make a giant monster in such a big city look uninteresting.

Hathaway was our only real outlet to the real world. We get shown new stories from the worlds point of view alongside being in the city itself to experience the fear and confusion. Personally that's what I found to be the most interesting part of the film, though it didn't go to the degree that I would have liked. It's a very interesting concept to imagine what would actually happen in the world if a giant monster magically appeared and disappeared in a busy part of civilisation. Gloria is the only one to really think about the severity of this and how big of a deal it is. Other than that we wouldn't have felt the gravity of the situation and the risks as well.

If you were expecting a comedy it isn't one. I'll put that there. Described as a dark comedy yes, but even that, its not funny. It's not a funny film. There are the odd awkward interactions that are kinda funny but no jokes. Not necessarily a bad thing just not what I expected, I thought it would have more laughs. 

5/10 go if you're curious but it's kinda whatever. Seeing a woman gain power over her personal monsters should be more empowering but Hathaway's character is still the highlight of this interesting feature.

CINEMATES - A

Mindhorn (2017)

Umm… Mindhorn, where do I begin with Mindhorn. I was fascinated by the very idea of this film as soon as I caught the trailer before watching Going in Style. This was simply because I bloody love Julian Barrett and everything he is involved in, so as soon as I saw that dashing smile I was sold. I couldn’t wait for it to come out, even though I hated the trailer and I wasn’t ready for what the world was going to be shown. 

Mindhorn is the story of Richard Thorncroft (Barrett), who is the star of the hit TV show Mindhorn, in which he plays a detective on the Isle of Man, alongside Patricia (Essie Davis) his significant other, and stuntman Clive (Simon Farnaby), who is after Patricia, as we get a glimpse of the dynamic of the relationship the three of them share right at the beginning of the film, and then watch this unfold throughout.

Fast forward 30 or so years, and Richard is a fat, washed up, loser living in a flat in Walthamstow, who can’t get any work and is doing embarrassing television commercials, because he didn’t want to give up acting unlike his co-workers, who all appear to be doing swimmingly.

Back on the Isle of Man there has been a murder and the suspect only wants to speak to fictional Detective Mindhorn, this means the police can do only one thing, and get in contact with Richard so they can get a helping hand to catch the bad guy. Richard agrees, and from there the chaos and finally – a solution occurs. But for that result the ‘TV cop has to work with the real cops'.

As I already said, I adore Julian Barrett, and I am so glad Farnaby was involved in this film too, as he is also gold. Why do I love them? Because I am a massive fan of The Mighty Boosh, of course. Aside from that, though, I think Barrett possesses a genuine talent, and I have seen him in every role he has played and could never complain. I think he is so versatile and can take on any weird and wonderful role and make it his own. He owns Howard Moon in the Boosh, he left me speechless after playing Maurice Flowers, which was a touching performance… and yet again, I didn’t have any bad words when he played Thorncroft.

The only issue I feel this film has, however, is that very fact. The only people that will definitely see this film, are people like myself, who know what they are going to get before they even head into the film. It is, as I expected made for Boosh fans… from Mindhorn’s use of the phrase ‘Pow!’, to the use of the famous ‘you have passed the test!’ comment right at the end. The fake teeth and afro that remind us all of Rudi Van Disarzio, the dancing stroke fighting that Mindhorn uses. SO MANY SIMILARITIES THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE.

Although I cannot fault the acting, or writing, or pure creative genius, the work of Barrett and Farnaby is an acquired taste, and I think if I wasn’t already so in favour of anyone who has been in the Boosh taking over the world, I’d have a problem with this film. I thought it was funny, but in such a tacky way, which is because we all know who wrote it, and the tackiness here, worked. The costumes, again were tacky, but it worked. The storyline, also cliché and god damn tacky! But again, it so worked!

The only aspects of this film I feel I can review are those that are obvious, as it is not going to compare to any other film I’ve chosen to review, making it quite a difficult task. Further to this, if you haven’t got it already I LOVE Julian Barrett… so I am biased. I am going to worship the ground that man walks on for as long as I can.

I would buy it, so Barrett gets recognition. I would say watch it so he gets recognition, and I believe the rest of his fan base will do the same. This is not just a film; this is a work of art that will come with a cult following.

Weird as hell film… 6/10.

CINEMATES - S

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

You might have seen the tweets about this a few weeks ago, and thought… well, is a review coming? It was, it is, it’s here. I was lucky enough to catch an early showing of King Arthur two weeks ago now, and unfortunately couldn’t get my thoughts out sooner due to an embargo.

But that time is up and I can finally talk about it!

As I said, on April 27^th I managed to catch a sneaky preview of the film, with thanks to ShowFilmFirst. I had seen the trailers once or twice, but was never gripped, and I don’t think I would have bothered with seeing this film had I not had this chance.

The trailer gives no indication of what the story is about, or how it develops and so on, so I did have no idea how this film was going to play out once I’d headed in and the film began. King Arthur is about Arthur (funny that…), played by the wonderful Charlie Hunnam, and how he lost his right as heir when he was a young boy, and was essentially left in the streets to fend for himself, and with the help of his friends, or workers, having no idea who he was, and he got on – obviously, just not with what should have been set out for him. Eventually we see the big scene where Arthur removed the sword from stone and it then becomes his duty to accept the hand he was dealt and overthrow the already ruling, King Vortigern (Jude Law).

I mean that seems straight forward, right? Not at all surprising for a film called King Arthur? Well, correct, nothing about this story was surprising, but at the same time it was. Written and directed by Guy Ritchie the traditional medieval story was adapted to fit a modern audience (in terms of language use most noticeably), I think very well. In addition to this, it took on the responsibility of including an element of fantasy. 

Through the film this idea grew on me, and eventually paid off, but at the start I felt a bit lost in regards to some of the creatures… why is that elephant so big? Who’s that spooky guy they keep showing? Then it all wrapped up, the story began to unfold and it all settled down and ended up making (somewhat) perfect sense. 

The locations that were selected, or created for this film were taken advantage of in some scenes, and parts were shot great. Alongside the musical score that was popped in it gave the film a certain ‘feel’, a sense of almost… uniqueness. I didn’t feel like I was watching something I had seen before because the nitty gritty aspects were quite individual. From reading other reviews, I have seen the Guy Ritchie has repeatedly been named the best thing about this film, and everyone is right. He is, and did we expect anything less? I am a fan of his work, and I think if nothing else – the fact that he is involved in this film is reason enough to watch it.

If you didn’t guess already from me calling Charlie Hunnam wonderful…. I thought he was wonderful. I was excited to see him in this, and he didn’t bloody let me down did he! He was casted perfectly to be honest, and it was a memorable performance, for which credit is due. The rest of the cast… it did its job, Jude Law is Jude Law, we don’t expect a bad performance, and we don’t get one. Did I believe he was the baddie? Yes, sure, the performance was fine. But other performances weren’t as particularly favourable as that of Hunnam, and some were even expected... of course we're going to have Aidan Gillen helping the lads out in a medieval themed film!

The issue King Arthur had, wasn’t necessarily the acting, it was more the pacing. Don’t get me wrong we had some great fight scenes, they packed them out, and they were great… but at the same time some were long. In fact, some scenes were really long, and I felt like I was in the cinema for ages.

This film wasn’t bad in the slightest, and now that I’ve had that time to digest what I’d seen before writing up, and being surprised with the trailers popping up everywhere again, I’d like to see it again. I think I would buy this, and would watch it (if I could dedicate to the what felt like 5 hours, again).

If you’re on the fence about this film, watch it. You never know – you might unexpectedly enjoy it. Overall, I’d give it a solid 6/10. It had its flaws, but had its fair share of redeeming qualities too. Not a bad film after all!

CINEMATES - S 

The Transfiguration (2016)

The Transfiguration movie, oh my goodness. Just wonderful. So interesting. Great storytelling. So first time feature length writer director Michael O'Shea brings us the story of vampire obsessed troubled teen Milo as he befriends alienated young girl Sophie. As their relationship grows his obsession slips further from fantasy into reality. This film created buzz at numerous film festivals and after watching Raw earlier this year I was heavily invested in realistic coming of age stories with a twist and I'm so pleased I am. Which means unfortunately for me I have to add another director to my list of people to keep an eye on.

Milo our protagonist is played by a young Eric Ruffin, who I think was somewhat captivating. Our first interaction with him is as he sucked the blood from a strangers neck, followed by him sat in a school counsellor's office ready to start his summer break. We see how he behaves slightly differently with them as with his brother. And different again with the gang living in the same block of apartments and again with Sophie, played by Chloe Levine. Their relationship is a somewhat beautiful one though different. His character doesn't emote all that much, his independence on vampire lore takes the forefront so he struggles to begin with to relate to her. After finding that they have both lost their parents they spend more time together and a relationship forms. He misses some normal social cues and even walks a little odd, as if he glides and doesn't step, all small things that match both with his lack of social practise and his obsession with creatures that have similar traits. Levine is believable as a teenage girl, clearly having to deal with difficult times way before being old enough to deal and adjust with them. She's taken by Milo and it's very sweet to see her deal with her own feelings separate to his.

The style of the film is something I picked up on immediately. The entire film is shot handheld. Whether it's the intimate close ups with high depth of field, focusing on one part of Milo's face. Or the wide location shots with Milo and Sophie very very small on the edge of the frame, there's actually a shot so wide that I didn't spot them at first. But the style is purposeful, so it lingers and you don't miss anything. It's rarely from the protagonist's perspective, we watch everything from the outside often with a wide angled distance. All you could say in a predatory manner, we are hunting throughout the film.

Another thing I noticed within a few minutes of the film was the lack of music. Only a handful of moments in the film was any extra sound used. And it was the same high pitched ringing, an uneasy alert that wasn't all that loud, it never stole focus, but it highlighted the action at the time. From not appearing at all they got more and more prominent in Milo's vampire homages as the film went on. Both the sound and the visuals were realistic, something Milo says a few times, is that he only liked realistic vampire movies. The film appears to be shot using almost all natural lighting, it takes place over the summer between the school year. Mostly during the day, in Milo's room or in the city's night. So some shots get quite dark with only the streetlights to spark the dim screen. Some shots have a bit of noise in them because of this but I enjoyed the cinematography greatly.

Horror/drama is accurate, there are some tense scenes that could be regarded as scary, both due to the visceral images and the possible real life repercussions. The normality of the violence is arguably as unsettling as the violence itself. We watch online videos with Milo as well as many clips from vampire movies. Some with uncomfortable potential but none worse than what we see the actual characters do. There is a good balance between Milo's relationships and his own personal gain and his actions. The ending of the film was in my eyes, perfect. I've said it before and I will say it again, it is always great when a film has a purpose. It started knowing where it was going to end. It was well rounded and came full circle with the character development. Could not think of a better way for it to end.

8/10 Unsettling, intriguing and almost delicate. Wonderful independent film. What Milo says about vampires not being able to kill themselves will sit with you for a while.

CINEMATES - A 

Boss Baby (2017)

So after a bit of a cock up at the cinema, I ended up seeing a showing of Boss Baby. You know what, hilarious. I love Alec Baldwin, fancied him in Beetlejuice and adored him in 30 Rock, was intrigued on that alone. Did not realise how many other well known actors were involved in this film either. So little Timothy Templeton has a great life with him and his parents, unfortunately Tim's mum, played by Lisa Kudrow, is pregnant. Baby Baldwin shows up in a taxi in a suit and starts running a muck.  Tim's mum and his dad, played by Jimmy Kimmel, are oblivious and try to make them bond as brothers. Soon Tim unravels that Boss Baby comes from a huge corporation of babies, Baby Corp, of babies with adult minds that make business. And that the reason Boss Baby is here is due to the world finding puppies cuter than babies and they need to get that love back to be top dog, figuratively. Cute imaginative concept with equally silly execution.

I gotta talk about the animation, there's no way I can't. I loved it, I loved the animation. Its not just the standard Dreamworks that you see in the trailers, though that it the main animation. Its a story told by a child so his imagination runs wild and you can see that. Some really gorgeous homages from some classic cinema styles. They were quite creative with how they showed some scenes. Some plot points were pushed forward with a once upon a time type trope with a character literally sitting you down and telling you the back story, but fine, it's a kids film. My favourite parts were probably those little tidbits and they came at a good pace, visually fantastic, definitely brought the average imagery of the film up. Hans Zimmer has a chuck at the music so there that is. Not much more to say about that, he's quality at what he does and is always whats needed for which ever film he does. Follows along with the more creative visuals with theatrical sound to parallel.

The film was jokes though. Kids jokes yes and adult jokes also, but I mean it has Alec Baldwin, he has a great voice, a voice that juxtaposed with a baby is ridiculous. And that's something I think they did well. Had a funny balance between grown up and baby, yes some jokes in that vein were unoriginal but you know why? Because all babies behave the same, that's why. There's only a finite amount of things that babies do. Boss Baby having tiny power naps was adorable, him throwing money at Tim to buy him sushi as a pretentious little businessman was great in contrast. There were a few surprise jokes for me, ever have a joke just catch you by surprise and you're a little bit shocked that you are actually laughing out loud? Well that happened a few times in this film. Just a few jokes that were breezed over so casually that caught me off guard. Definitely a kids film, a lot of silly jokes, but most of them worked. I'd say Boss Baby is the funniest character, Tim Templeton isn't meant to be as funny, he's meant to be more of a genuine little boy. Boss Baby's little entourage wasn't particularly memorable but did they did fine to tag along in a couple scenes. The villain played by Steve Buscemi wasn't that funny either. Debatably the funniest character was actually Tim's wizard alarm clock, played by James McGrath doing a wonderful Gandalf impression. No doubt kids will be giggling a cartoon baby bum cheek and lets be honest adults probably will too.

The constant message throughout is that love can be shared. It's not one over another it's huge worldwide, parental love for everyone equally. It's great for a young child trying to accept a new addition to the family, no one is replaced people are just added to the love pie chart. Templeton learns, after a while that there's no need for competition. He struggled with the idea of neglect and being 'fired from your own family', neither of which is true of course. Boss Baby also deals with this competition at work and the villain also has this same theme of not being the favourite.

6/10 Funny but not thaaat memorable adaptation of a successful children's picture book. Good cast, great animation and sweet message. Kids will enjoy it but not every joke will get a laugh from the adults.

The Belko Experiment (2016)

2016 American horror directed by writer director Greg McLean who gave us Wolf Creek, and produced by Guardians of the Galaxy’s own James Gunn. Advertised as ‘Office Space meets Battle Royale’, which is right. If you’ve never seen Battle Royale (2000), you’re doing yourself a disservice, but it’s about a group of people given a time limit and a dangerous ultimatum that puts everyone’s lives at risk. The Belko Experiment is set in an remote office building in Columbia with 80 employees who have been told they have 30 minutes to kill 2 people or 10 people will be killed at random. This sets everyone into a frenzy of murder and survival.

I’m all aboard with all the murder pretence, especially working in an office. I wasn’t expecting an incredible story or spectacular acting but I enjoy not know an exact ending. It was good not great, I like it but didn’t love it, would definitely watch it again. But it also definitely made me want to watch Battle Royale again. Now there’s a lot of people involved, though we one clear protagonist, it is very much an ensemble piece. John Gallagher Jr is our main man Mike Milch, he’s our straight and narrow no to murder guy. When the idea is even lightly suggested that the office sacrifice a few people in order to save a higher number he refuses. He consistently rebuffs the idea, butts heads with others that disagree and tries to think of other solutions, all with their own risks. Opposite him sits Tony Goldwyn playing the COO of Belko, Barry Norris, powerful guy used to being in charge and getting his way. He sits on the complete other side of the spectrum and is the first to be open to killing others to save himself. These two characters have conflicting behaviour, the first time we hear the voice over proposing the murderous deal Mike gets anxious and starts to try and think of a solution whereas Norris calms people and doesn’t believe the situation anywhere near as quickly. Between them we have a range of characters for and against killing and surviving. This is great to watch as you start to side with different aspects of people and struggle to make up your own solution.

It’s a big moral thing isn’t it, many works have discussed this and it’s always fun to think about how people would behave as you just don’t know. People aren’t put in this situation, people aren’t pushed and people don’t have the capacity to deal with this type of power over life and death like this. We find that when all Belko employees started work they were fitted with a tracker in the back of their head with GPS in case they get kidnapped. Turns out they are also fitted with a bomb which can be detonated at any time. So everyone is powerless. One of my favourite scenes is with Norris and his creepy lackey Wendell Dukes, who is wonderfully played by John C McGinley, as they decided to start killing people. We find that they have a history of special ops and are well trained and can separate feelings from logic easier than everyone else. So when the office is told that if 30 people aren’t murdered 60 people will die, Norris and a few others that were convinced by him, round everybody up and make the decision on who that should be. He categorises people, decides what value each person’s life is put them on one side of the room.

It’s a arguably one of the more difficult scenes to watch, not for violence but because you find yourself holding your breath hoping the next person doesn’t get picked, hoping that you would have worked out to be on the surviving side. As he starts to execute people it’s no longer a horror it’s a tragedy, it’s sad, it’s unfair and there’s no hope. And it’s great to watch. Goldwyn does well to stay calculated but show humanity, that he’s not a robot he’s just a selfish man at the end of his tether, he has a family and he’s putting them and himself first. He asks for music to be played as he kills people, not for fun but to drown out the sobbing and pleading. This get towards the peak of the killing in the film.

Now I mentioned the music in the execution scene briefly but I gotta stop on this. The music was great the sound was great. Tyler Bates who did sound, has got a lot of horrors as well as actions under his belt, most recent would be both instalments of Guardians of the Galaxy, both John Wick movies and upcoming Atomic Blonde. I always make a note of how realistic the sound is when it comes to violence, the dull thuds and the cracking breaks, but do I even know what that sounds like? I just believe whatever I’m given because I don’t have a frame of reference for what a wrench meeting a skull actually sounds like. Same really with punching, but they all have a good weight to them, and nothing sounds nice, nothing hangs in the air, everything lands. The soundtrack is also decent, takes from the Columbia location so has Latin American influences including a Spanish cover of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’.

I’ve always enjoyed art mixed with violence. In cinema that is. Gorgeous locations or cinematography that holds the violence or wonderfully created music over the ugly visuals. There is a scene in which we watch with one of the characters as bloody bodies are dragged from the centre of the reception and as we watch we hear opera. We hear beautiful music in addition to death and I think there’s something captivating about the contrast. Granted on occasion this can appear comical, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I enjoyed this technique in The Belko Experiment. Cinematography was nothing special, nothing overly noteworthy, classic dull office colours splatted with red blood. Very uniform and fitting, could tell the giant building they were in was CGI from the outside but that took nothing away from the story. Few choice close ups of faces were great, showed desperation well as well as a small amount of claustrophobia.

But let’s talk violence in a bit more detail. This is an 18, to give you a reference Deadpool (2016) was a 15. There is frequent violence. As mentioned the tracker explodes heads, so yeah, exploded heads are in there, not just flashes that we see in some of the other attacks but clear close ups of the damage. We view it alongside the other workers as they look in horror and try to understand the situation. There is a security vault which has guns and some ammo, so the easily viewed gunshots happen. Body shots as well as stab wounds. Though this film does have a heavy focus on face and head shots. That’s what I think raised the rating. The prolonged view of a knife handle sticking out of a clothed belly is not the same as an axe sat in the centre of someone’s face. Which yes, we do see. And this was great it was realistic, it was bloody, it rarely shied away from things which is shocking. Though in some cases is more powerful keeping it hidden and letting the spectator imagine the horror themselves. Swearing yes, and if you look into the rating system the BBFC have to also mention that a few characters smoke weed. Which is a comedic moment but hardly the forefront of adult themes in this film.

Overall the pacing was odd, seemed almost slow to begin with but seamlessly moved into the action. Though once it got going it ended quite quickly, with a 89 minute run time the end seemed quite abrupt and to be honest less than satisfying. Gave an interesting final image though and a small amount of food for thought but again I wasn’t really expecting much more than an hour and a half of fun.

Had some moments of somehow relatable horror sprinkled with some humour. 6/10 worth seeing, won’t leave much of a lasting impression but worth a watch.

CINEMATES - A

Going in Style (2017)

I almost forgot this film was being released until an advert appeared on my telly, and I was hooked from the second I saw Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine together.

In more recent years it seems that Freeman has taken any role that he has been asked to just because he can, and it hasn’t always paid off. I was ready to go into this with an open mind.

Going in Style is about 3 friends Joey (Caine), Willie (Freeman) and Albert (Arkin). The film starts of with Joey witnessing a bank robbery after being told he may be receiving a default letter, and having his house repossessed due to missing mortgage payments. He leaves and we discover that all 3 of them are having their pension stopped, so basically - they are all broke. Joey suggests to his friends that they should rob a bank, and with some training, and advice, they eventually get round to doing this.

I mean, really… there isn't too much that I can spoil, but there are some parts of this film that are pure gold due to how the story plays out. It keeps you hooked.

It seems like forever since I sat down and watched a film that was genuinely funny,   and a large reason for that is the cast.

In case you didn't guess already, I was really excited to see this cast working together, and they really did that, their acting styles complimented each other so well, and i honestly couldn’t imagine an alternative bunch of older dudes trying to rob a bank. You really felt for the characters, and believed how much they cared for each other and their families. Honestly, it made me think of my Grandad and his best friend and some of the mischief they may have gotten up to when left unattended, and it felt like that idea was in mind whilst making this.

Admittedly, i was surprised to see that Zach Braff was the producer of this film, but he pulled it off. I had no idea this was a remake until i was actually in the cinema, so i cannot make any comparisons to the way in which the original film was shot, acted, or paced, so i am taking this film at face value.

Visually, this film was nice,,, it wasn’t phenomenal, but it suited the type of film that was being show it was easy to look at. This was the same for the soundtrack, it was nice, and it again matched what was being shown.

This is definitely a film that I would buy, and watch again, and honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was nominated for, or even won an award.

If you like dry, classic humour, and think Freeman, Caine and Arkin are all top dogs, i highly highly recommend this film.

I would give Going in Style a solid 7/10. It was a great film, and I’m so glad I watched it.