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Dream On (2013)
Worth a watch
A young Alan Bennet meets Danny Dyer in this melodic and reminiscent tale of sexual awakening.
The nasal tones, the mono tonal delivery and the timid performance of Bradley Cross is at times charming, at times cheesy and at times soporific. The rather more sprightly, though perhaps less thoughtful, performance by Joe Gosling lends the film a certain youthful buoyancy and charm; much needed in what can on occasion feel like slow moving film.
The writing displays a rich enjoyment of language and dialect; the story deals delicately with its subject and displays a tenderness and reality not always seen in this genre. The style and setting evokes everything people love to hate about the '80s, even giving the late Lady Thatcher a cameo mention.
Whilst not perfect the film was thoughtful and thoroughly enjoyable, definitely one to add to the list.
Yossi (2012)
Disappointing
Whilst the script and setting where promising, this film left me feeling bored and disappointed. The direction was schoolboy, the casting a mistake.
The actor playing Yossi over acted the awkward nature of his character so much that it left him as an emotionless, yet unfortunately omnipresent part of the film. The reflective scenes were scarcely pensive and unenlightening and the intimate scenes were cold and uncommunicative. At no point in this film did I feel connected with the main characters.
Rarely does a film leave me feeling quite so unentertained, unchallenged and disinterested as Yossi. Give it a miss...