Review of The Big Picture (2013) by Karin R — 26 Oct 2012

Remarkable depiction of a successful young lawyer's struggle with the definition of what it is to be âa man.â? The moment life's linchpin unleashes it's worst, Paul Exben finds himself at a cross-roads.

Forcing his inner good boy aside he charts a daring new course for himself, at the expense of those who love him deeply, and those who have hurt him deeply. Wheels are set in motion - crunchy, steely, seemingly incompatible wheels begin to churn, very slowly at first, until they grind out a powerful new rhythm and energy, propelling our protagonist from the constraints of a former life to the peculiar position of looking back on himself as though he were watching an acquaintance through a shop window.

The tension this movie doles out so very prudently mounts and mounts to an almost unbearable degree. And although creative license supplants the realm of possibility from time to time, we let it slide.

Because in spite of his carrying out the unthinkable, we can't help but yearn, with undeniable empathy and thrilling vicariousness, for passion and courage to prevail. Personified by our anti-hero, Paul Exben.