Review of Curling (2010) by Michael L — 24 Jul 2011

A selection of Portishead at their All Tomorrow's Parties curation, it made for a very chilled out break on a hot and heavy day. I kinda liked it, despite it being as partially comprehensible as the Quebecois it's spoken in.

Ultimately the characters illuminate the need for education as their lack of it limits their effectiveness, relevance and ability to cope even in this straightforward world - a closed, cold, insular, survival based existence.

Winters Bone provides worthy comparison, it's not as strong but it is fascinatingly morally ambiguous, has a classic script which knows when to introduce character and energy but I struggle to really get excited about yet another wilderness indie film made by very educated folk who want other educated folk to get gooey over simpletons.

Pas mal or whatever the Quebec equivalent of that is.