Review of Tom at the Farm (2014) by Jared L — 13 Jan 2018

Opening with a swooping french rendition of Micheal Legrand's The Winds of Windmill which we all remember as the main theme to the 1968 classic, The Thomas Crown Affair. Xavier Dolan's 4th film to date is a dark and tense take on the Hitchcockian thriller.

I especially enjoyed how at the same time the film was extremely homophobic, it was also very homoerotic. In particular, the Francis character was one of the most interesting antagonists I've come across lately just for the fact that even though the audience knows there supposed to hate him, and they should hate him, that they get sucked into believing that when he is being nice he can change.

We get sucked into the same "charisma" that Dolan's character gets sucked into. For a young lad of 26, Dolan shows great future potential. For any man that can direct and act in nearly 4 films before the age of 25 is extremely promising.

I expect great things from this man in the near future. I'm still just undecided on the ending.