Horrible Bosses (15)
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Dir: Seth Gordon
With: Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston
JASON Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis are three amigos stuck with the loathsome managers of the title in Seth Gordon’s patchy comedy.
Bateman’s curse is Kevin Spacey’s megalomaniac boss, Sudeikis’s is Colin Farrell’s boorish, newly installed chief, while Day has to put up with Jennifer Aniston sexually harassing him.
Gordon’s comedy has a neat set up and more big-name stars than you can shake a P45 at. There are even one or two zinger lines as the plot plays out, but there’s also an air of sourness about the movie that cuts short the pleasure after a while.
Film Socialisme (PG)
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Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
With: Catherine Tanvier, Patti Smith
IF Jean-Luc Godard made promotional videos for cruise holidays they would look and sound like this bizarre little number.
Three main stories play out, lots of cryptic conversations take place, while subtitles in the style of telegrams flash up on the screen. Godard pulls lots of filmmaking tricks and there are some stunning images to take the attention away from the lack of a coherent plot.
One particularly memorable image was of a llama tied up, wild west style, at a petrol station. The llama looks convincingly bewildered by it all. Not long into Film Socialisme I knew exactly how it felt.
GFT, Monday-Wednesday.
Treacle Jr (N/C 15+)
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Dir: Jamie Thraves
With: Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher
MICRO-BUDGET British dramas don’t always have the best reputations, but this turned out to be a very pleasant surprise.
Tom (Tom Fisher) is a troubled soul who gets on a train to London, leaving behind his wife and child. He is determined not to return, even if it means sleeping rough, though Jamie Thraves’s clever script never spells out why. In London, Tom meets Aiden (Aiden Gillan), a hyperactive hustler who talks at 90mph. Gillen, always good value, is terrific as the likeable sort who’d do anything for anyone, from taking care of a cat called Treacle, to giving Tom a home. Never mind the budget, it’s the performances and directing talent that count.
GFT, Tuesday-Wednesday.
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