Junkhearts (2011)
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. Lynette, a young rough sleeper watches Christine stumble out of a club whilst she sits in the cold waiting for loose change to fall on her lap; her luck seems to change when she meets Frank who despite his misgivings, offers her a place to stay.
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Very disappointing...
Sadly Over-hyped
Disturbing yet enthralling
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Had me screaming at the TV by the end - the story swirls deeper and deeper down and pulls everything with it. A real snowball! Part of the film's grasp on me was its realism, very well done. There is an awkward tension between Frank and Lynette, especially when they first meet, and it is interesting to watch their relationship develop as they gradually loosen up around each other. Marsden's performance as Frank is fierce and brutal, sometimes a bit gross - he really gave it his all. The story seems to thicken quite naturally and film is very good at making the viewer empathetic to its heavy story lines. The story is bleak but sincere.
I felt compelled to tell people about this challenging and bold British film. The acting is superb overall and the story felt very real. It tells the story about Frank played by the superb Eddie Marsan who invites a young girl who is sleeping rough on the street back to his flat. The girl is someone i haven't seen before - i just looked her up and she is called Candese Reid and is really a brilliant actress. Also Tom STurridge who i have only seen playing a different type of character in The Boat that Rocked is very good. He plays her boyfriend. I liked the direction too and was so relieved to see an original and fresh style. I thought about the film for days and its ages since i've seen something that made me think so much. I'd say its a must see if you are interested in cinema and in seeing something out of the ordinary.
Junkhearts is a British, nearly-for-TV drama about the relationship between an ex-soldier and a homeless girl, their troubled personalities, and the hard lives they lead;Though there are some interesting choices in the script during the early developments - the goldfish scene, where Lynnette does for Frank what he did for her in the self-defence scene - ultimately Junkhearts descends rapidly into a tabloid-grime film about crime, wasted youth, and defenceless characters, who from leads become merely a support to the trite story.This film had potential, but the writers didn't have the material to get a whole hour and a half of film together; all in all, disappointing.My vote: 5/10 - inconclusive, aimless, self-defeating.
A beautiful film may be pointless but at least it's beautiful. You know, a film with beautiful scenery but nothing else really.Now, an ugly film must have a point. If it's an ugliness that nobody knows anything about but that all should know about - well, that might be a point for doing the film.Now, here there is plenty of ugliness but we have seen it before. No solution is offered, not even an absurd one. So, then why do the movie? Is it what we used to call "social porno"? Probably and just as all other porno it's pretty brainless.Compare the end scene of this film with the end of the silent film The Crowd. The films are similar in that they deal with social issues but the ens scene in The Crowd is touching. The end in this film is contrived and somehow predictable. No surprises here and the contrived editing is just as boring.8,5 - Are you MADD?