Screening at the Sunny Colch Odeon early afternoon on Monday as part of the cheapo cheapo deal was The Drama. This is a film in two parts: the preparation ahead of a wedding, and then the immediate fall out when a major, major life secret is shared.
Spoiler alert (although it is widely trailed in all the reviews): Emma, one half of the happy couple, reveals to her husband to be that she came close to carrying out a High School shooting massacre as a teenager.
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Much of the film then focusses on the reaction and inner-questioning coming from her fiancée, Charlie. He takes on very much the High Grant English uneasiness role, stuttering and running his hands through his hair with despair.
Not a lot actually happens in the film. It’s no action drama; dialogue is everything. It’s superbly written, with some scenes stretching out at ten minutes, keeping the suspense building up. I really enjoyed it.
The soundtrack has many Psycho like screeching moments. With shaky camera angles, you feel that you’re never too far away from something very, very disturbing. The wedding speeches scene is just brilliant.
Once the genie of the planned shootings are out of the bottle, there’s no putting them back in. It was uncomfortable viewing, but very rewarding.