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Audience Reaction to “The Holdovers”

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21 people responded. The breakdown and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 14 votes
    • ‘Entre nous’ a superb film.  Perfect Christmas Movie with a wonderful soundtrack.  Uplifting in every way.  Best Christmas Selection since ‘Sing Street’.
    • A perfect pre-Christmas choice; a wonderful bitter-sweet confection of a film!
    • A ringing endorsement of private education.
    • Second viewing.  Very entertaining.
    • Wonderful, seasonal, heartwarming!
    • Excellent film, ten out of ten.
    • ‘The Shining’ re-imagined.
  • ‘Very Good’: 7 votes
    • Very engaging pre-Christmas fare.  Although quite a long film, the slow reveal of the underlying issues behind both male lead characters’ behaviour was well paced.
    • Thoroughly absorbing story & great acting from all the cast!
    • Most enjoyable film.
    • Entertaining.  All main characters found what they needed in life.
    • Characters that grew as the film progressed.
    • Terrific, an unexpected joy with 3 great central performances.
    • Excellent storytelling.  Emotional without sentimentality.  Good to watch a film with managed self-restraint!
  • ‘Good’: 0 votes
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 0 votes
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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Next Presentation: The Holdovers (Wednesday 11 December)

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

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).

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Driving Mum

Audience reaction to “Driving Mum”

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January Movie

We now have confirmation of our January movie, which will be La Chimera from Italian director Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazarro)

Audience reaction to “Driving Mum”

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20 people responded. The breakdown and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 4 votes
    • How many shades of grey in Iceland? So few words, so many images – total cinema. A journey through existence, veering between the profound and the mundane.
    • Superb – real Film Club film – without the dog though…? Still great!!
  • ‘Very Good’: 13 votes
    • For a long time, I wasn’t sure where the film was heading (except, ultimately, Eyrarbakki), but the dénouement was worth the wait. Excellent soundtrack.
    • Brilliant score. I also loved the juxtaposition of the white Ford Cortina. Good laugh.
    • I loved the attention to detail. A great sense of period. Lots of references to “Blow Up” – a
      sort of antithesis. You always hurt the one you love.
    • I went from not really enjoying it to loving it from about 30% of the way through. Bonkers,
      lovely & with a dog & great story!
    • Thoughtful & wry film – will stick with me.
    • A very different road movie! Very Icelandic. Great dog.
    • Dog should’ve got an Oscar.
    • Deliciously quirky and quietly affecting. Very much a film club film!
    • Very original with some memorable scenes & quite moving.
    • The power of knitting
    • [Very good] – not sure why!
  • ‘Good’: 3 votes
    • Living in that bleak landscape would make anyone a bit crazy. Enjoyed the film as it was so different. Very interesting
    • Easy Rider it aint – but a road movie!

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