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Audience reaction to “Monster”

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14 people responded. The breakdown and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 5 votes
    • Excellent storytelling, having the narrative repeated, each time from a different perspective, to gradually reveal the truth. Kore-eda rarely disappoints!
    • Very touching (as always).  I thought it was going to be like “The Hunt” – but it was still cleverer
      One of the finest filmmakers.
    • So unexpected. Loved it.
  • ‘Very Good’: 5 votes
    • An absorbing study of perception, subjectivity and human foibles.  A comedy to those who think….?
    • Confusing at times.  Stunning performances – the contradictions of compassion, violence, parental detachment & childhood imagination.  Bravery of outsides & their mechanisms of survival??
    • Absorbing
  • ‘Good’: 3 votes
    • Confusing film, but I got the idea in the end.
    • Beautifully filmed in places, but I felt it would make a better book.
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 1 vote
    • Too many flashbacks, either I lost the plot, or the film did!
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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Our Next Presentation: Monster (Tuesday 29 April)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road @ 8PM (Doors open 7:15)

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Broker (2020) / Shoplifters (2018) / Our Little Sister (2015) / Like Father, Like Son(2013)

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This is our final film of this season. Thanks to everybody, members and guests, for your support throughout the year We wish you a pleasant Summer and we hope to see you again for our next season, which begins on Monday 29th September.

Our previous presentation:

Audience reaction to “The Dead Don’t Hurt”

Audience reaction to “The Dead Don’t Hurt”

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Audience reaction to “The Dead Don’t Hurt”

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9 people responded. The breakdown and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 5 votes
    • Very measured, thoughtful drama – unusual for the Western genre. Excellent
    • cinematography.
    • Beautifully filmed, great score. The slow pace made for an enthralling film.
    • Masterclass in acting – great choice of film!
    • Another excellent presentation: makes me doubt I’ve seen a ‘western’ before – the complexity
      of the characters, the pace, the images and sound. Yet “why do men fight”. Somewhere in
      there there’s the prototype Mage and Donald!
    • Beautifully paced, beautifully shot, beautifully played!
  • ‘Very Good’: 2 votes
    • Certainly, a slow-burner which got there in the end. Fortunately, the bad came to a bad end… possibly a film for the present American predicament.
    • Didn’t immediately follow the timeline!
  • ‘Good’: 2 votes
    • Story line a bit thin.
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 0 votes
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

To download the comments, click on the following link:
Feedback for ‘Dead Men Don’t Hurt’

We are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film and welcome all contributions to this forum.

If you did not leave comments after the screening, but still wish to do so, you can leave them in the “Leave a Reply” box.