An Inspector Calls (2015)

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   Astragalus

   Nice storytelling, atmosphere, cinematography, decent acting and rather predictable but working screenplay/ending. The only thing that bothered me was the already extremely obvious social commentary even further explained by the characters through dialog. However, we're probably living in a world full of people who needs that message spoonfed. The decision is yours. 7,5/10 8 years 3 months ago
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   Siskoid

   Based on the J. B. Priestley play, An Inspector Calls is a savage attack on privilege - Victorian and Edwardian at the time, but it still stings today - starring David Thewlis as a mysterious and off-putting inspector who shows up at an upper-class house where upper-class people do upper-class things and accuses them, one by one, of having destroyed a person's life. (A lot of detectives are off-putting. Quirk of the required personality, or trick of the trade?) He's great in a role that requires him to do a lot in as economical a way as possible. And while the detective story seems to have a big whomping coincidence at the heart of it - depending on what you believe - it works because the interrogations suck you in. We love to see the rich and powerful squirm, then shake our heads at their justifications, acknowledging the potent satire. In the play, you never really know what Inspector Goole's secrets are, but the film attempts an answer, which I find satisfying in its own way so I'll endorse it. I hear that generations of British kids were taught this work in school (not the case on this side of the Pond); I wonder how they feel about that bit of creative license. 1 year 7 months ago

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