Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Cul-De-Sac - 1966 - 3 Stars

Actors:  Donald Pleasance, Francoise Dorleac
Director:  Roman Polanski

For the first fifteen minutes of Cul-De-Sac, I thought I was watching a great 'small' film.  These I consider films with low stakes and low budgets that might have other flaws, but the direction/cinematography/acting is all excellent and the movie is fun.  However, it transitions into something else entirely - it's more of an absurdist farce.  Once the plot gets set up, the film becomes a shaggy-dog story with layers of absurdity piled on more and more.  I guess this is one of those times where it would've helped me to know what the hell this movie was about before going in, as it's more of a comedy than anything, but I didn't find it particularly funny.

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