Girl in a Cafe, Down In The Valley, Born into Brothels
I’m seeing a ton of movies right now as I finish my Christmas work. Last night I saw the painfully sweet Girl in the Cafe, where Billy Nigh’s severely reserved character reminds me of Sellers’s Being There and Hopkins opposite Emma Thompson in Remains of The Day. I give this one 3.5 paintbrushes for its glimmer of hope and as I can watch Billy Nighy in anything after his remarkable rocker charm in Love Actually. The man’s been acting for 26 years and seems to be in bloom. And I saw Down in The Valley, with an Ed Norton turned dangerous, a character he plays easily. This film is 2.5 paintbrushes for its lack of message really, although the acting is good, the direction is good. I think screenwriting here.
The other night I saw Born into Brothels, which is a movie about the children of a red light district area in India. As much as the makers of the film have good hearts this format reads exploitive. We get the best these children may have to offer, and this underlying thought is hard to work with. All but one drop out of the private schools the filmmakers are good enough to find for them, and this one might make it out of the brothels if only she stays the course. It’s hard to look at children whose stars have already shown their brightest, according to the film.
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