The Voices (2014)
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
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Thanks for the memories!
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
I don't understand why this film has so low ratings! It's black comedy is great
Ryan Reynolds is best known for playing the pretty boy in various Rom-Com-Movies. The good looking guy who falls in love with a good looking girl after going through a lot of trouble. Sometimes funny, sometimes romantic. But this movie gave him the chance to show a wider range of acting. Playing a psychopath is probably the most challenging role for an actor. But Reynolds did a great job in this movie playing a very strange character, that gets all your sympathy although doing terrible things. I've never felt more sympathy for a psychopath than in this movie. And his female victims (Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendick) make it even better. Very strange movie, but I love it!
A really well-made dark comedy, this film takes a candid look at mental illness. It's scary how real it is sometimes, in its mundane details and in its stark insights .It gets into some pretty dark stuff, but never loses its easy-breezy tone. Ryan Reynolds is truly a fine actor, his performance is always just right. It's even more impressive once you know he did the voices for the animals as well.
'The Voices (2015)' is a black comedy of the darkest proportions, walking on a razor-sharp tightrope where even the slightest breeze could mean the difference between total silliness and utter seriousness in a way which makes the opposite elements stick out like sore, misshapen and misjudged thumbs. Thankfully, the piece manages to pull its contrasting elements together remarkably well without pulling any punches or picking the wrong moments to place an ill-informed gag, aside from the finale dance number which comes out of left field and feels much sillier in tone than anything preceding it. It's an odd flick to get on board with, though, and surely won't be for everyone. 7/10