Review of Red Road (2006) by Johnny B — 25 Dec 2010
Bleak coming to terms story. Scotland sure ain't Hollywood. Nothing in Andrea Arnold's Scotland breaks up the unremitting bleakness, the overcast coldness hovers above huge decaying housing blocks inhabited by criminals and miscreants of every sort.
Kate Dickie's "Jackie" spends her days watching the ugliness and criminality from her job as a video patrolwoman. This exceedingly slow-moving movie drives forward glacially based on Jackie's rather peculiar effort at exacting revenge against the ex-con that accidently took out her husband and daughter.
Along the way to punishing the transgression she loses her way when she finds her feeling getting jumbled with curiosity and lust. If you can slog through the nearly 2 hour run time and its unleavened bleakness, the story eventually becomes compelling although Jackie nor any of the other characters do.
However, making it to the interesting bits requires a willful effort to hold attention on the film as it doesn't do that for you. In short, if you seek to have a bad time at the movies, this is a good film for you.
This review of Red Road (2006) was written by Johnny B on 25 Dec 2010.
Red Road has generally received positive reviews.
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