Review of Fugitive Pieces (2008) by Cory K — 18 Apr 2009
I'm a bit reticent to rate this so soon after seeing it because I think parts of this film will stick with me. The film's scenes are well crafted with stunning cinematography by Greg Middleton.
Unfortunately the movie gets bogged down in its own self importance while tracking the inner emotional journeys of its characters. Stephen Dillane does an exceptional job but his character's journey in this story seems to be one of just going where events take him.
He doesn't drive anything forward and really doesn't do anything that makes us root for him except suffer through childhood trauma and spend the rest of the film walking around in depression (until the end.
) The structure seems to work well and is more accomplished than Podeswa's previous film although many of the same themes are evident in this picture. At the end of the day, this film moved me and you can't ask for more than that.
..except to be entertained from beginning to end and it falls a bit short of the mark in that respect.
This review of Fugitive Pieces (2008) was written by Cory K on 18 Apr 2009.
Fugitive Pieces has generally received positive reviews.
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