It’s good on everyday Australianisms and laidback comedy but limited characterisation and unsubtle telegraphing don’t help this day-in-the-life drama revolving around a Melbourne pawn shopFilms exploring the lives of loosely connected characters with no sure protagonist and plots that circumvent conventional cause-and-effect structure are generally not fertile ground for first-time film-makers. It’s a tough grind: without the safety net of an overarching storyline,these kind of narratives often feel frustratingly disjointed.
final year the debut director Josh Lawson gave it a red hot go in the satisfactory but underwhelming The diminutive Death, weaving together a handful of stories connected by the theme of sexual experimentation and a very loose sense of setting. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com