Review of The Living and the Dead (2006) by Jarid W — 22 Nov 2009

An odd British film, that I had heard nothing but very high praise for. It just ended, and I cannot understand what anyone saw in this movie. All the characters, even the father and mother (the two we are suppose to sympathize with) are hardened and mean to no need.

The movie is trippy, but doesn't get that way until about 40 minutes in, at which point I was thinking it was finally going to get really good, now that the setup is done. I was wrong. It uses it's trippiness as a crutch as oppose to doing with it anything original and the last 20 minutes or so (for me at least) were so predictable and just boring.

Having said all that, all the actors did great.