Review of 35 Shots of Rum (2009) by Lesley N — 26 Feb 2010
It's quite pleasant once in a while to see a French modern day drama where the main characters don't jabber on endlessly about their thoughts and feelings. It's also quite refreshing to see a nearly all-black cast without making a big deal of it one way or another.
Here the dynamics of a super-close father and daughter plus their would-be partners is all shown thrown through the mundane habils of everyday life, and intimacies and glances rather than histrionics.
Not a whole heap happens, which might be disappointing to some, but if you're more interested in character than action, then there's much to enjoy in this story of an extended family's unwanted but inevitable change.
This review of 35 Shots of Rum (2009) was written by Lesley N on 26 Feb 2010.
35 Shots of Rum has generally received positive reviews.
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