Film Reviews by KG

Welcome to KG's film reviews page. KG has written 15 reviews and rated 41 films.

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The Importance of Being Earnest

Great film

(Edit) 13/01/2022

They don't make 'em like this any more.   Super film, but sadly the sound quality is not very good now.

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Out of Africa

Good pictures

(Edit) 13/01/2022

Good film but not always very clear just what is happening as the story can be puzzling..  Well acted.

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Comprehensible?

(Edit) 16/03/2021

The original book was fine, but this version was virtually incomprehensible.   It included a number of interesting scenes, but understanding the plot was way beyond my ability, and apparently beyond the brainpower of a good many people.  Director's ego trip ?

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The Shooting Party

Authentic in regard to acting and scenes.

(Edit) 31/12/2020

Well cast.  Countryside scenes well chosen and authentic.   Representation of the period generally excellent.

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Edward and Caroline

Back to the Fifties

(Edit) 18/11/2020

When this film appeared in the early Fifties I was at university and it rapidly became a cult in so far as everyone I knew went to see it at the Arts Cinema.   What can be said about it now?  Only that they don't make 'em like that any more.

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The Favourite

Tedious

(Edit) 04/11/2020

Tedious and tiresome.  Ambitious, but to what end. Much of it shot in the dark. Little scope for the actors to develop their roles, indeed they ended just as they began.  So much was over the top, as with the incessant display of theatrical wigs, and the poor naked bloke being bombarded with fruit, and the emphasis on vomiting and close ups of other bodily functions.  Sitting through it was boring and stressful but highly unrewarding.

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The Magic Flute

Good concept

(Edit) 25/08/2020

To present The Magic Flute as to an audience of children was a good concept, and it was beautifully performed.   The fantasy of the trial scenes is notoriously hard to depict however, and in this version it did become somewhat incoherent.    Nevertheless, an interesting and worthy endeavour. 

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Little Women

Not the novel, sadly.

(Edit) Updated 25/08/2020

Disconnected from the novel, so It’s a disappointment to anyone hoping that it might actually be a version of the novel rather than the director's commentary on the novel.

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Picnic on the Grass

Ghastly remake

(Edit) Updated 25/08/2020

Not the original film which was unfinished.   It's a ghastly remake.   Unfunny.  Film and dialogue are mysteriously fast.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

A Classic.

(Edit) 17/03/2020

A Most Excellent film.   The USA has changed in various ways since then, but clearly not in all !   Jimmy Stewart at his memorable early best.   Jean Arthur also fine ( and no surprise that she was able later to reach her magnificent best in Shane ).   

We did actually find the final 10 minutes to be quite confusing however.

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The Artist

TopDog

(Edit) 12/11/2019

Very very clever.   We kept waiting for them to break into speech.  Consistently moving but surprising.  It would help to know more about the early cinema.   All this plus a remarkable award winning dog.

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Fanny and Alexander

Masterly direction

(Edit) 21/05/2019

3 hour version. Despite being diffuse and unpredictable throughout, I felt that at all times the director was able to achieve precisely the effects he was seeking, no matter how elaborate or complex his demands were. We knew we were in the hands of a confident master.

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The Bookshop

Riveting

(Edit) 01/05/2019

We enjoyed this even more than Penelope Fitzgerald's novel. Riveting playing by Bill Nighy who is never afraid of being still and by Emily Mortimer. Enhanced by the calm, unhurried tempo, free from irrelevant distractions such as intrusive music. And free from the trendy sensationalism so prevalent in current American/English cinema.

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Gosford Park

Gosford Park

(Edit) 01/05/2018

Interesting and pleasantly meandering film. Main problem was inaudibility. Many lines were thrown away as passing comments with the actors turned partly away from the audience, except of course for Clive Owen and Kristin Scott-Thomas.

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My Night with Maud

Only the French

(Edit) 15/12/2017

Only the French make films like this. A leisured development, yet utterly watchable throughout. Thoughtful dialogue and no sensational incidents in the plot.

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