CO - Roman Polanski’s… Alright, alright, get it out of your system… Roman Polanski’s new film Carnage is based on a stage play and it doesn't try to hide it. The events of the film take place within the confines of a single apartment – and occasionally the hallway outside – and are told in real time over the film’s brief 79 minutes. But this isn’t a movie about talking heads, it’s a movie about the impossibility of maturity. The cast is a microcosm of “polite society,” a term Carnage considers an oxymoron. It’s beautifully acted, plays like a dream, and is probably Polanski’s best film since The Pianist.
FMV says: "Thoroughly entertaining despite being not being the classic it could have been, there is no doubting that this superbly acted film is great to watch and is a welcome diversion from the gross out comedies, rom-coms and Hangover-esque movies currently saturating the market."
Jeremy of We Got This Covered wrote, "Carnage may sound like a tedious film on paper, four actors in one room/area for the length of the film, with the only outside interference coming from the occasional phone call. It’s both a comedy and a drama, providing you with a first class look at the breakdown of general human behavior. It works wonders as a comedy, with veteran funny man John C. Reilly keeping the mood light and fun, but it’s not afraid to break loose and let the normally serious Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster and Christoph Waltz in on the action. Carnage is both extremely funny and downright interesting and hard to stop watching because of how it touches up on so many emotions, ideas and the basic nature of how humans function. Only Roman Polanski could make something like this work."
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nice review
79 minutes? I hate it when movies are too short.