Review of Shame (2011) by Amheretojudge — 30 Apr 2018

We just come from a bad place..

Shame It is not easy to set up a dark tone with few verbal sequences focuing on a character (almost) and still hold the audience throughout the course of it. The screen writers tend to use good old formula ofwe just come from a bad place..

Shame.

It is not easy to set up a dark tone with few verbal sequences focuing on a character (almost) and still hold the audience throughout the course of it. The screen writers tend to use good old formula of a "routine" to project the thoughts of the characters which comes off a bit lazy as one can always try and visit some new territories. Steve McQueen is the savior in here, since it requires tremendous effort to pull off a character driven feature which normally the director fails to do so. Michael Fassbender is the key that helps opening the door of this dark room where Carey Mulligan successfully helps the audience to put some light in it. Shame stays true to its raw brutal tone and offers the implanted seed on appropriate time but the scrutiny is kept way too secretive and convoluted that the audience gets busy on unlocking it but unfortunately fails to connect with it.