{"id":1915,"date":"2012-01-10T11:16:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2012-01-10T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:16:32","slug":"big-screen-review-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/01\/10\/big-screen-review-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Screen Review<\/i>: Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carnage<\/strong>
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

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Roman Polanski's latest, Carnage (photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the biggest challenges in adapting a play into a feature film is the setting.<\/p>\n

At a theatre production you expect either a single set, or possibly a few set changes. But when watching a film you expect more. So the challenge for Roman Polanski\u2019s latest film, Carnage,<\/em> is making a single New York apartment – filmed in France due to Polanski\u2019s ongoing US legal troubles – captivating for 80 minutes.<\/p>\n

Carnage<\/em> succeeds because of excellent performances. Featuring Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Christoph Waltz, there\u2019s no shortage of A-list talent here. It\u2019s impossible to choose which one of the four has the best performance, because all of them are simply fantastic.<\/p>\n

Waltz manages to make chatting obnoxiously on the phone while eating cobbler enthralling and Reilly proves once again that his acting range stretches far beyond the lowbrow comedies he usually makes.<\/p>\n

I was a bit disappointed with what Winslet and Foster had to work with. The problem isn\u2019t with their performances, it\u2019s that their dialogue tends to be pretty clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The plot centres around two couples that meet to resolve a dispute between their 11-year-old children. As you could guess, what ensues is anything but civilized discussion.<\/p>\n

Carnage<\/em> is a treat. Polanski is a world-class director, and that shows with every frame of Carnage.<\/em> Everything is meticulous and top notch\u0143except the plot.<\/p>\n

While as a study of human behaviour Carnage<\/em> is fantastic, as a feature film it lacks emotional punch.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s okay, because it\u2019s funny – did I mention it\u2019s a comedy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carnage 4\/5 One of the biggest challenges in adapting a play into a feature film is the setting. At a theatre production you expect either a single set, or possibly a few set changes. But when watching a film you expect more. So the challenge for Roman Polanski\u2019s latest film, Carnage, is making a single […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-january-11-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t