Review of Franklyn

Franklyn (2008)
7/10
Worth a watch
4 July 2009
Warning: Spoilers
An interesting presentation on the varying degrees of "insanity" of three people. The film is somewhat disjointed early on, but makes more sense as the film progresses, as the individual stories converge.

The trailers you may have seen which may make you think this is a Batman-esquire superhero movie are misleading. There is an element of that, but it is wholly the fantasy of one of the characters. It's very enjoyable though, very well crafted (much in the style of Dark City), but not what the film is about. If you were expecting a British Batman, you will be disappointed.

What you do have is a lower-budget melding of Dark City/Fight Club/Magnolia/random other film.

Worth watching, but no great shakes. Bit like Donnie Darko in that respect, but none other.
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