Review of The Square (2008) by Mike C — 14 Sep 2010
Nash Edgerton is Australian for Christopher Nolan. My second Aussie film in as many days and it's another big winna!
Ebert loves this movie and said it is correctly compared to "A Simple Plan." I was thinking of that same movie with Billy Bob Thornton but couldn't think of the title.
Ebert hammers away on the fact that all that can go wrong in this movie does go wrong. If there is any drawback, maybe they took it just a bit too far. It is well-paced, well-written, well-acted, etc, but it does lose a little bit of plausibility given all the things that happen. Still, I don't watch too many of those flicks for this very reason and this one was still compelling. Great ending and the first 45 minutes, before it all goes to shit, is a pretty great setup.
Claire van der Boom is Australian for Jenna Fischer. Completely hot and a good actress to boot. Roberts is very good in a subtle way. All the shifty characters are well-done and a great addition as well.
As Ebert said, a lot of movies like this go too far and too fast. The big plus on this one is that it doesn't go too fast. I think it might have gone a little too far or maybe it gets 9/10, but nothing wrong with 8/10 on Edgerton's first work.
This review of The Square (2008) was written by Mike C on 14 Sep 2010.
The Square has generally received positive reviews.
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