Wreckers

A dialogue dependent movie, but unfortunately the producers were too cheap to provide subtitles for non-Brits around the world who have different English dialects; or those with little or no English; or those hard of hearing viewers. To make matters worse the audio levels as well as enunciation by the actors were inconsistent and uneven.

The acting was minimally acceptable given there wasn't a whole lot going on throughout a film that has the camera obsessed with looking at walls inside the house or out the window. The camera continued the preoccupation with focusing on non-essential scenes for prolonged periods e.g. chickens in a coup; figurines on a shelf; tree leaves blowing in the wind; pond lily pads; spider crawling up a window; the inside of a church both with/without singing.

Outside of that there is a sleepwalking visiting brother; two brief sex with someone else's partner scenes and a party.

Maybe this is a day-in-the-life storyline?

Families, relatives and neighbours in small townships have always something to hide - even if it is nice and calm on the surface. Not very novel, and all this has been depicted "in bulk", thus twists and new angles would be appropriate to make a related film catchy, or not lopsided at least. Alas, I found no such event or trigger in Wreckers, most of occurrences were predictable, paving the way for summarising, yet trivial ending. Luckily the film lasted ca 1 hour 20 minutes only.

It is good that all leading performances are good: Claire Foy as Dawn, Benedict Cumberbatch as David, Shaun Evans as Nick; I began to focus on them soon, as the plot and directing did not captivate me. When the credits appeared, I felt glad that Cumberbatch has been noticed internationally with more versatile roles in more challenging works. Films like Wreckers are just films for art sake - or vice versa, too day-to-day, and for limited audience.

All is not as it appears. Quite a dark movie with character clues that need a bit of studying. Overall a film that held my attention, though the volume of the dialogue was way too low at times. Would be almost impossible for any not familiar with Brit accents.

The premise was good, the actor did a great job, but i don't know.. i feel like something's is missing. And the ending... it's suffocating me. But I do like the tone and how slow the plot goes. I'm such a sucker for slowburn indeed. I watched this because i want to know more about Benedict Cumberbatch and it's a good beginning.

A quiet, peaceful, slow paced yet interesting drama which portrayed the bittersweetness of life beautifully and made me cry, disgusted and relaxed throughout. At first It appears pretty normal but it is way darker than you may expect simply because its somehow about human nature, untold stories and lies! The rustic and Christian vibe of the film mixed with great soundtracks and outstanding performances were very impressive. I am a Cumberbatch fan and I think he's done a perfect job doing the justice to the character. All the positive aspects aside, wreckers is a very calming film which you might want to fall sleep to