Review of The Square (2008) by Jonathan K — 25 Aug 2011
Thoughts:
The acting isn't great.
The twists eventually come of the variety "what's the worst that could go wrong". I know. oh that guy fell on a sharp metal spike jutting out of the dirt. and let's put a baby in the crashed car. feels like it's trying too hard. oh. guess who doesn't hit the floor when shots are erratically fired and gets hit in the head with a bullet. it's all very over the top. and supremely despondent.
And there are no sympathetic characters. in the end it's hard to care what happens to any of the characters.
And in the end the lead character is back to where he started before the mess began, and I wish I was too, 2 hours before I wasted my time.
The final twist with his foreman boss is actually welcome because it's so outside of the storyline so far. but rather than leave the movie with a gnawing sense that this bad person got away with all the stuff on a misunderstanding at work it ends with a near Hamlet style shootout.
This review of The Square (2008) was written by Jonathan K on 25 Aug 2011.
The Square has generally received positive reviews.
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