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Introducing the Dwights

A miserable family to watch
Rating: 1.5 stars
July 11, 2007 11:43:17 AM

VIDEO: Watch the trailer for Introducing the Dwights.

Introducing the Dwights: mom (Brenda Blethyn) is a has-been comedian whose act was probably never that funny; dad is a sad-sack singer who moonlights as a security guard; and youngest son Tim (Khan Chittenden) is a socially stunted 20-year-old who’s inappropriately close to his demanding mother. Want to know them better? Well, into this mess wanders Jill (Emma Booth), cute and self-assured, so you know she’s in for it. She sticks it out with Tim in spite of his almost pathological shyness and inexperience. His reticence is more than made up for by Blethyn’s shrill performance — director Cherie Nowlan seems to have told his gifted actress that louder is better, but that’s no way to create sympathy for a character who’s mean and insensitive to begin with. The sad fact is, these Dwights are miserable, and by the time the movie is over, you will be too.
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POSTED BY MovieBuff AT 07/12/07 7:23 PM
Introducing the Dwights is an insightful film. It would seem that the American audience is by and large incapable of interpreting sub-text, and are missing the point entirely. The logic and reasoning of the narrative and, indeed, the performances were very clear to me. From Jill's discovery that Tim is a rare find (unlike all the pigs she's dated in the past) and her persistence in pursuing the relationship, to Jean's growing realisation that her time came and went before she ever left England - This is a beautifully written and skillfully directed piece with outstanding performances all 'round. But don't take my word for it - go see it for yourself!

POSTED BY MovieBuff AT 07/12/07 7:31 PM

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