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Carnage: Swallowing the Past

  • 2017
  • 1h 8m
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7.6/10
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Simon Amstell, Martin Freeman, and Samantha Spiro in Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
It's 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
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It's 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they ... Read allIt's 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.It's 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.

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    • Simon Amstell
  • Writer
    • Simon Amstell
  • Stars
    • Racheal Ofori
    • Myles Sembi
    • Robert Wilde
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    • Director
      • Simon Amstell
    • Writer
      • Simon Amstell
    • Stars
      • Racheal Ofori
      • Myles Sembi
      • Robert Wilde
    • 10User reviews
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    5vosnescis

    5/10 Wouldn't recommend

    "Like a monk you'd like #x22; was rather uncharacteristic and vulgar. So was assuming everyone wants certain celebrities regardless of whether they are vegan.

    A lot of the film was rather redundant, and also flamboyant, painting vegans a little crazy.

    Didn't like the lack of responses to certain fallacies, or the scene where the old woman doesn't remember anything, and keeps getting upset over her food being called "It." I thought it would make a lot more sense for someone in her state to simply respond to the absurdity of the free-range argument rather than get stuck on semantics and disbelief that free-range exists. It's obvious that killing an animal is wrong regardless of whether the animal is free-range or not.

    All in all I'd prefer to see a sober black comedy concerning veganism, not really this, but it was still quite amusing and had its moments.
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    Gung-ho vegans will enjoy

    It's funny enough in certain moments to make it overall enjoyable but it will only really entertain vegans.

    Points made are made for people to more easily digest the reality behind eating meat which is quite good.

    And I do think everyone needs to be a vegan for at least 5 years of their lives to rebalanced their diet.

    But as entertainment I wasn't all that entertained. I will say the chocolate egg in a museum did make me laugh out loud.

    Throughout most of it I was checking how much longer it would last which is obviously not a good thing.

    I hope it helps create new vegans and vegetarians and rebalance the animal suffering currently taking place.
    10lornamd-1

    A Must See For Fans of Simon Amstell

    Very funny and thought provoking. I've always been a fan of Simon Amstel and he doesn't disappoint. Great cast as well.
    10striborthebest-42144

    An excellent movie with a crucial message presented in a fun way

    Simon Amstell did a brilliant job with this mockumentary. It shows, in a nutshell, everything that is wrong with today's food trends and eating habits. And I am even not vegan. Yet. This will make me reconsider.

    I'd recommend this film to every person.
    10mayo-14485

    Funny, effective, simply brilliant

    People feel judged before a vegan even opens their mouth's. Guilt and annoyance are very common associations with the vegan movement. Here, Simon Amstell, wipes that slate clean. We are all equally mocked and the absurdity creates equality so that we can all relax and watch a simultaneously informative, moving and utterly hilarious film. Whatever you eat you are, without a doubt, in for a treat. It's truly remarkable.

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      Daisy Ridley once revealed that watching this movie horrified her so much that she commited to veganism afterwards.
    • Quotes

      Dorothy: [upon being served a plate of chicken] What's that? What did you do?

      Jeff: Mum, please.

      Dorothy: Where's the rest of her? Who did this?

      Jeff: Nobody did anything.

      Dorothy: Did you kill her?

      Jeff: Mum, I didn't kill it.

      Dorothy: It? She had a mother and a father, Jeff.

      Jeff: It's free range.

      Dorothy: What does that mean?

      Jeff: It means it was free range. It was a happy chicken running around a massive field with other happy chickens. It had a good life.

      Dorothy: Why do you keep saying "it"? I haven't seen any fields with birds wandering around. Where are they, Jeff? Where?

      Jeff: Mum, I'm really hungry.

      Dorothy: Well, have a cracker!

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    • Release date
      • March 19, 2017 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Carnage
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      1 hour 8 minutes
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    • Sound mix
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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