Review of Nil by Mouth (1997) by Danny C — 01 Jul 2007
A brilliantly crafted drama from Gary Oldman. What starts off a recognizable British dark comedy descends into a hellish and brutal vision of drugs and domestic violence. Burke and Winstone give the performances of their career.
It's dark and disturbing but also has a lot of underlying humour and warmth. Realistic to an unsettling effect this certainly isn't Hollywood and is more similar to a fly on the wall documentary than anything fictitious.
The shot composition results in every shot being a composed photograph, and the voyeuristic nature lets us look past blurred features in the foreground to what is really happening behind closed doors.
Fantastic.
This review of Nil by Mouth (1997) was written by Danny C on 01 Jul 2007.
Nil by Mouth has generally received very positive reviews.
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