RATCATACHER — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

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Lynne Ramsay's 1999 debut feature is a pointless exercise in transgressive Cinema.

Ramsay breaks a fundamental rule of filmmaking, namely that all films should have a life affirming message.

No such luck here.

The national garbage strike of Glasgow, circa 1973, sets the backdrop for a 12-year-old boy who encounters nothing but meanness and neglect in the awful environment around him.

This is a won't-come-of-age story.

Hopefully Glasgow, Scotland has improved with age; "Ratcatcher" has not.

Suffer.

Not Rated. 93 mins. 

ZERO STARS

 

 

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Poignant. A real movie.

Paul Schrader, a textbook auteur if ever there was, flexes his filmmaking muscles again.

Say what you will about the work of this prolific genius so long as you take into account Schrader's undeniable integrity to his art.

Rare.

Schrader skillfully employs dramatic license to get at deeper truths in his characters' souls.

We live and die through our actions, every single action that we take.

Restraint.

God's lonely man continues his journey though Paul Schrader's rich oeuvre. 

How lucky we are. 

Rated R. 111 mins.

THE LOST DAUGHTER

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Exasperating. 

Suicide by doll theft could have been an engaging premise I suppose, but not in this painted from misery tale of parental alienation. 

No likable characters exist in this dull, feel-bad film of the decade.

The Greek tourism board will likely ban "The Lost Daughter" from being screened in Greece, and good on them if they do.

"People ain't no good." —The Cramps

Fucking hell.

Rated R. 121 mins.

ZERO STARS