"SOME VELVET MORNING" - MOVIEHOOVIE GRADE: B-
(1st watch -- 10/11/15 -- DVD)
Neil Labute! The guy I saw a few weeks ago (see Sept 26th on my FB page) wrote and directed this little two-person, one location chamber drama and it flows like clumpy syrup on a pancake... uh, like, pretty sweat but not delicious.
These two characters aren't having a good day with one-another and each has their secrets from the other. The clumps come in the form of Stanley Tucci having a few two many turns towards repressed hostility instead of some other more fitting reaction (a flaw in the writing, not the acting), and Alice Eve not being as a strong an actor, but decent enough for the most part. The ending's a sly little whopper though, after almost convincing me I'd wasted my time (from an awful scene just before, that gets smartly turned upside-down when all is said and done). I'd wanna make something like this, but better, one day.
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