Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2008
Regarding the Gala, the EIFF say: "The glitziest Festival section; red carpets rolled out for films that come with anticipation attached".
13 films · 12 reviews
Roache acquits himself well, but the rest of the cast clearly struggle with the awful dialogue.
(Country: India; Year: 2007; Director: Santosh Sivan; Writer: Cathy Rabin, Dan Verete; Stars: Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, John Standing, Leopold Benedict, Lal Paul) , Official site
UK Premiere
Possibly the best British film of the year.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: John Maybury; Writer: Sharman Macdonald; Stars: Keira Knightley, Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Camilla Rutherford, Alastair Mackenzie) , Official site , Trailer
World Premiere
The trouble is that the action never quite gels as it should.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2007; Director: José Padilha; Writer: Rodrigo Pimentel, Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha; Stars: Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Luiz Gonzaga de Almeida, Fernanda de Freitas, Bruno Delia, Marcelo Escorel, André Felipe, Thelmo Fernandes, Emerson Gomes)
UK Premiere
The film is as refined as toasted frog's spawn, only spicier. It is genuinely funny, which is a rarity these days, and for that be giggleful.
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Ian Fitzgibbon; Writer: Mark Doherty; Stars: Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Keith Allen, Amy Huberman)
The feel of this film is sumptuous - convincingly recreated mid-century sets, an evocative soundtrack, gorgeous gowns for the women and smart suits for the guys.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Ira Sachs; Writer: Ira Sachs, Oren Moverman; Stars: Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams)
Guinevere is the only well-developed character and the whole thing has an air of prettiness and predictability.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Bharat Nalluri; Writer: David Magee, Simon Beaufoy; Stars: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Lee Pace, Tom Payne, Shirley Henderson) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Kenny Glenaan, Douglas Gordon, Nick Higgins, Irvine Welsh, Mark Cousins, Sana Bi )
When Davies says “The world was young and oh, how we laughed,” he sounds like Death waiting to take it all away.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Terence Davies; Writer: Terence Davies) , Official site
After a slow and largely laugh-free start, this does build up a reasonable head of steam, with enough smart lines and well-timed physical comedy to keep its head above water.
(Year: 2008; Director: Peter Cattaneo; Writer: Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky; Stars: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Emma Stone, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad) , Official site
Surprise Movie
Morris has certainly achieved a gloss that Kennedy's previous work lacked but at a cost to the factual content.
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Errol Morris; Stars: Christopher Bradley, Sarah Denning, Joshua Feinman, Jeff L. Green, Merry Grissom, Roy Halo, Cyrus King, Daniel Novy, Zhubin Rahbar, Shaun Russell, Combiz Shams)
UK Premiere
One increasingly unlikely incident follows another, saddling the characters with exceptionally dumb behaviour and silly dialogue until the whole thing goes off the rails.
(Country: UK/Germany/Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Brad Anderson; Writer: Brad Anderson, Will Conroy; Stars: Woody Harrelson, Eduardo Noriega, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Thomas Kretschmann)
UK Premiere
What really hold the attention in this playful comedy are the central perfomances.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Jonathan Levine; Writer: Jonathan Levine; Stars: Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary Kate Olsen, Method Man) , Official site , Trailer
International Premiere
A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Andrew Stanton; Writer: Andrew Stanton, Jim Capobianco; Stars: Voices of: Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Paul Eiding, Ben Burtt, Garrett Palmer, Kim Kopf)
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