Review of Wicker Kittens (2014) by Lyelle P — 25 Feb 2015
Wicker Kittens is a regional culture documentary of competitive jigsaw puzzling that would be better if edited down to 30 minutes. The sound is problematic because the music is toxically intrusive and is thematically/stylistically inappropriate hard rock fingernails on the blackboard--totally out of whack!
Where is the polka music, the Barbershop quartet, the Sweet Adelines, the Dixieland band, the ballpark electric organ, the carousel music, the and/or other local thematic music contest/performance sound mix? Even Bach would be appropriate at times.
The characters are interesting and the visual exploration of puzzle collectors is an eye-opener. This film could rate above a 2 if the sound could be remastered thematically and make the dialogue intelligible throughout. I could imagine Wicker Kittens on the Minnesota Public TV "Independent Lens" with the changes mentioned above. As is, you may want to turn the sound down or off and make up your own dialogue. Reviewed at the Frozen River Film Festival in Winona, Minnesota on Feb. 21, 2015.
This review of Wicker Kittens (2014) was written by Lyelle P on 25 Feb 2015.
Wicker Kittens has generally received very positive reviews.
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