Review of The Waiting City (2010) by David F — 22 Jun 2010
A brave and worthy offering from Claire McCarthy, but fails to engage fully: Radha's acting is a bit wooden, and her transition from uptight corporate lawyer to free and easy mother is all too quick and without tension; in fact, the entire film lacks the something or someone that stops the protagonist achieving their goal, which surely is a given in any story. There's soap-opera style shouting and pouting, and even an attempt to introduce a distraction in Isabel Lucas's wafer-thin character falls flat.
Joel Edgerton just looks a bit puzzled as to why he's in the film but Samrat Chakrabarti, as the couple's local guide and sage, steals every scene he is in: his charisma and gravitas dominate the screen.
Its saving grace is the manner in which it steers us to predictability yet doesn't quite get there, where despite some very heavy and unsubtle symbolism (of which there is a lot throughout the film), we're still left with at least one ambiguity hanging.
This review of The Waiting City (2010) was written by David F on 22 Jun 2010.
The Waiting City has generally received positive reviews.
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